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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

Government

Think

Future

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" I don't support getting rid of Social Security. "

" I won't 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Ken Buck

Political

Career

" 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. "

" I think it's wrong to compromise your values to fit in with the social climate in Washington, D.C. When it comes to spending, I'm not compromising. I don't care who, what, when or where, I'm not compromising. "

" While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion. "

" To me, it is clear that the Social Security program is constitutional. "

Ken Buck

Program

Security

" Principles are the most important thing to me. One of the things I think my dad taught me was there are people who accept the world they live in and there are people who change the world they live in. I don't accept my circumstances. "

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

" I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution. "

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

Ken Buck

Life

My Life

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

" I agree with the idea that there is a separation of church and state. That teachers should not be leading prayer - a particular kind of prayer in classrooms. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't believe that the science is settled on man-made climate change. And so - while I live in Colorado - you see where I live. I love the environment. And - and I want to make sure we do everything we can to protect the environment. I don't want government to put artificial standards on us. "

" I have said that I am in favor of personhood as a concept. I am not taking a position on any of the state amendments, and I have said over and over again - and it has been reported over and over again - that I am not in favor of banning any common forms of birth control in Colorado or in the United States. "

" 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. "