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James Talent (19)

Birth:	18th October, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician, Senator

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• It’s like doctors can’t save all their patients, but, on balance, Bain under Gov. Romney created well over 100,000 jobs, which is certainly more than has been created in the Obama administration because we’re down over 500,000 over the last three-and-a-half years.

  James Talent

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  Tags in Doctors, Administration

• Given Mr. Obama’s lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job.

  James Talent

  Topics in Effort, Past

  Tags in Crises, Executive

• I just think that the independent voters are going to take their time and look at both candidates.

  James Talent

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  Tags in Voters, Independent

• General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.

  James Talent

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Within, Himself

• General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the ‘Rolling Stone’ interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the United States in dealing with allies and to act within the circle of people who must make decisions in Afghanistan.

  James Talent

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Represent, Afghanistan

• When we get the private sector going through job creation and growth, then the governments at all level have revenues to do the things that they need to do. And that’s why it’s so important to get this economy moving, to get jobs created. We can’t keep going on with this anemic recovery.

  James Talent

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  Tags in Sector, Revenues

• When the private does well, there’s revenue for the public sector.

  James Talent

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• This economy is not getting better and the president’s policies are the reason.

  James Talent

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• The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it’s gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work.

  James Talent

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Discouraged, Unemployment

• Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

  James Talent

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  Tags in First Step, Step

• People are working harder and harder than ever before and barely staying in place.

  James Talent

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  Tags in Harder, Barely

• It’s traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It’s done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it’s not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can’t continue in perpetuity these programs.

  James Talent

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fund, Perpetuity

• Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children’s diet, and the government’s role should be to make certain it provides the best information possible to help people stay healthy.

  James Talent

  Topics in Health

  Tags in Government, Information, Diet, Responsibility, People, Help

• We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.

  James Talent

• We need a defense budget that’s big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

  James Talent

• The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.

  James Talent

• The elections in Iraq are a victory for freedom and the Iraqi people, and a blow to the transnational network of terrorists who have tried to prevent this day from happening.

  James Talent

• If we hold true to our ideals and our commitment to freedom, this generation of servicemen and women will have extended liberty to the Iraqi people, just as previous generations of Americans have all across the globe.

  James Talent

• I’ve always believed the two best anti-poverty programs are work and marriage.

  James Talent