Marco Rubio in Speech at 2010 CPAC conference
On Homeland Security:
Islamic terrorists want to impose their view of the world
Americans are looking for a clear alternative on the issue of national defense. There is no greater risk to this country than the risk posed by radical Islamic terrorists. These terrorists aren't trying to kill us because we offended them.
They attacked us because they want to impose their view of the world on as many people as they can and America is standing in their way. We need to make it unmistakably clear that we will take whatever it takes for however long it takes to defeat radical
Islamic terrorism. We will punish, we will punish their allies like Iran and we will stand with our allies like Israel. We will target and we will destroy terrorist cells and the leaders of those cells. The ones that survive we will capture them.
We will capture them, we will get useful information from them and then we will bring them to justice in front of a military tribunal in Guantanamo. As I said in front of a military tribunal in Guantanamo, not a civilian court room in Manhattan.
Source: Speech to 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference
Feb 20, 2010
On Tax Reform:
Capital gains tax is double taxation
Jobs aren't created by politicians. They're created by people who are willing to use their money to start a business or expand an existing one and what they're looking for are clear signs from Washington that
Washington is serious about pro-growth policies, about controlling spending, and about ending the practice of monetizing our budget shortfalls so here are a few measures that I think will help change or send that signal.
Let's reform the tax code and reduce tax rates across the board. Let's eliminate double taxation by abolishing the taxes on capital gains, on dividends, on interest and while we're at it let's eliminate the one on death too.
Let's significantly lower the corporate tax rate so once again it's competitive with the rest of the world. And finally let's undertake serious measures that show that we are serious about getting control of our federal national debt.
Source: Speech to 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference
Feb 20, 2010
On Principles & Values:
From poor Cuban family; privileged to be a citizen in US
As I reflect on all the opportunities that I've had in my life, it often reminds me of my grandfather. My grandfather was an enormous influence on me growing up. He was born in 1899 to a poor, rural family in Cuba. When he was a very young man, he had
polio, and it permanently disabled him. So he couldn't work the farm, and so they sent him away to school. In fact, he became the only member of his family that can read.When I was growing up my grandfather lived with us, and told me: Because of where
he was born and who he was born to, there was only so much he was able to accomplish. But he wanted me to know that I would not have those limits, that there was no dreams unavailable to me. And he was right.
See, I was not born to a wealthy or
connected family. And yet I have never felt limited by the circumstances of my birth. Why did my dreams have the chance that his didn't? Because I am privileged. I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history.
Source: Speech to 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference
Feb 18, 2010
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