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" 401k savings accounts have become so important in the landscape of retirement planning that their security and expansion became a top priority in formulating and implementing the Pension Protection Act of 2006 that was enacted during my tenure as the U.S. Secretary of Labor. "

" Activist shareholder resolutions do not have to pass to succeed. The process itself can be so injurious to a company that management will cave to demands. "

" Activists have every right to espouse their views of utopia. "

" America needs a new approach to boost the economy - one that does not doom future generations to being saddled with paying off today's federal deficits. "

" Americans did not suffer alone. World trade overall fell two-thirds in the first few years of the Depression. "

" America's competitive advantage lies in its human talent. All of us should be doing everything we can to cultivate and develop our work force. "

" America's private sector job creators need elected leaders to lead and get out of the way. "

" Around the time President Lyndon B. Johnson was declaring a War on Poverty in the 1960s, federal, state and local governments began accelerating a veritable War on the Private Sector. "

" As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.' "

" As tough as it is for many college graduates to get their planned careers on track, it could be worse: They could be trying to find a job without a college degree. "

" As we celebrate Women's History Month this March, it's important to remember the key role women have played in promoting a better understanding and relationships between our country and the rest of the world. "

" Because of these layaway angels, many children did not have to wonder why Santa skipped them in 2011. "

" Capital available for individuals to start and expand businesses would increase with regulatory and strategic tax reforms, like reducing marginal rates, repealing the alternative minimum tax, and making the U.S. the most welcoming place for employers to relocate and create jobs. "

" Confidence, capital, and credit fuel entrepreneurship and economic expansion. "

" Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses. "

" Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression. "

Great Depression

" Deep in the heart of Kentucky's rugged Eastern Mountain region, there lives a woman who has fascinated and inspired me for two decades. She is known locally these days as 'Mayor Nan' - the octogenarian chief executive of Hazard and advocate for its 5,467 residents. "

" Employers should overcome a myopic quarterly earnings posture and focus on long-term strategies for growth that include investing in their own skills-training efforts to enable a broader pool of applicants. "

" European-style interventions to which the Obama administration is inclined will not make America more competitive in the world-wide economy. Such policies will not increase growth, will not decrease unemployment, and will not increase wages for workers. "

" Even a healthy economy and labor market would have struggled under the additional expenses enacted and proposed in 2009 and 2010 - from healthcare mandates and higher taxes, to carbon cap-and-trade and delay in extending the last decade's tax reforms. "

" Even if it's a national issue, the federal government cannot provide all the answers. "

" Even when America's economy has been by all measures healthy and the unemployment rate low, some businesses suffer or fail and lay off workers. But nearly always, a simultaneous and even greater burst of new jobs has been created to offset the jobs lost - millions of new jobs every year. "

" Every person - we want to make sure that every person who wants a job will indeed get one. "

" For any trade deal to move forward, there has to be agreement. "

" For significant job creation to occur, prospective entrepreneurs and current business owners must not fear the future or be under assault from their own government in the present. "

" Government at all levels has kicked the fiscal can down the road for far too long. "

" I am not seeking any position in a Dole Administration. "

" I can tell you I love California - and no more. "

" If we did not have Obamacare, we could've addressed the healthcare crisis in a comprehensive but segmented fashion - meaning that we could have promoted a health savings plan. We could've pushed for tort reform, which added so much more cost to healthcare. "

" I know that some people, when they are growing up and they - as a person of color in a majority community - that they may feel as if they are left out, or they feel a bit strange. "

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