Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
In 2009, South Carolina was blessed to welcome a great American company that chose to stay in our country to continue to do business. That company was Boeing.
Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.
Small business owners are fighting every day to create and innovate, but continue to face government barriers to job creation.
I'm always amazed at how many people assume a business has to lose money before it makes money.
The state of the economy is not the issue when it comes to growing a business. The relevant questions are always: 'What business are you in? Furthermore, is it adapting to the times?'
In the commercial real estate business, brokers spearhead major accounts. But they wouldn't have customers without the people who oversee construction.
The Internet has changed the way we communicate with each other, the way we learn about the world and the way we conduct business.
Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.
You see Democrats who will demonize business. I don't do that. You see Republicans who demonize labor. I don't do that.
It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business.
You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.
All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.
If the federal government won't secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens.
If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city.
If all of us would require the same level of performance from ourselves as we expect from government, this city will forever be the city that works.
The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.
We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.
When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.
With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings.
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
