Obsessions Turn People Off.

The Goal Is To Reduce The Size And Scope Of Government Spending, Not To Focus On The Deficit. The Deficit Is The Symptom Of The Disease.

Government Should Enforce Rule Of Law. It Should Enforce Contracts, It Should Protect People Bodily From Being Attacked By Criminals. And When The Government Does Those Things, It Is Facilitating Liberty. When It Goes Beyond Those Things, It Becomes Destructive To Both Human Happiness And Human Liberty.

Twenty-five Years Ago, I Created The Taxpayer Protection Pledge At The Federal Level. Then I Brought It To The State And Local Level. About 97 Percent Of The Republicans In The House And 85 Percent In The Senate Have Signed On, And The Number Of Candidates Who Have Taken The Pledge Is Even Higher. It's Become A Party Position.

I Don't Want To Abolish Government. I Simply Want To Reduce It To The Size Where I Can Drag It Into The Bathroom And Drown It In The Bathtub.

The Statists Want To Control The Economy.