Ken Buck Quotes

• I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw.

  Ken Buck

  Believe, Enemy, Deadline

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• I'm coming to Washington D.C. to do the people's work, and the people's work has to do with - reducing spending, and -
  cutting budgets, and - and trying to get a grip on the size of government.

  Ken Buck

  Cutting, Government, People

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• I think that, you know, this is a different year than most years. We've got to tell the American people that we have to live with less. We have a $13.5 trillion debt. And the only way to do that is an honest campaign with honest people.

  Ken Buck

  Thinking, Years, People

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• In my life, I'd like to play more golf and, and get a decent handicap.

  Ken Buck

  Golf, Play, Handicaps

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• While I think the earth is warming, I don't think that man-made causes are the primary factor.

  Ken Buck

  Men, Thinking, Causes

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• The corporate income tax, in particular, is a tax that puts American corporations at a disadvantage.

  Ken Buck

  Income, Corporations, Disadvantages

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• If 'extreme' means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going to Washington, D.C. to represent the interests of D.C. I'm going there to represent Colorado values.

  Ken Buck

  Mean, President, Colorado

  "Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck". Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 11, 2010.

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• When we leave money in the hands of taxpayers, they buy things, they pay taxes, they grow government.

  Ken Buck

  Government, Hands, Pay

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

  Ken Buck

  Who I Am, I Am Who I Am, Mind

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• I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the federal government is going to be involved in, in the future.

  Ken Buck

  Thinking, Government, Needs

  "Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck". Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 11, 2010.

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• In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.

  Ken Buck

  Careers, Political, Amendments

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• What I have said is that I think the federal government and we as a society have come too far in trying to separate good organizations that perform good functions for people just based on the fact one has a religious association and one doesn't.

  Ken Buck

  Religious, Thinking, Government

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• A jury could very well conclude that this is a case of buyer's remorse.

  Ken Buck

  Cases, Buyers, Wells

  "Buck stands by controversial remarks" by David Catanese, www.politico.com. October 17, 2010.

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• A consumption tax, a national sales tax makes some sense. But I think that if we move towards a Fair Tax, if we move towards a national sales tax, we have to make sure that we do away with the income tax.

  Ken Buck

  Moving, Thinking, Income

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• Well, we certainly need to raise the retirement age. I've told my 19-year-old and my 22-year-old that they're not going to be getting retirement benefits at age 62.

  Ken Buck

  Retirement, Years, Age

  "Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. August 11, 2010.

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• We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.

  Ken Buck

  Retirement, Benefits, Increase

  "Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck". "The John King, USA Show", www.realclearpolitics.com. August 11, 2010.

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• I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids graduate from college they have an economy and they have a future in this country and they, they have the same opportunity that we've had and our grandparents have had.

  Ken Buck

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 17, 2010.

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• I wont use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale, and I cannot support an activist on the abortion issue.

  Ken Buck

  Thinking, Issues, Choices

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