The โGreat Societyโ has not worked and itโs put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they donโt have food stamps. If you look at China, theyโre in a very different situation. They save for their own retirement securityโฆthey donโt have the modern welfare state and Chinaโs growing. And so what I would do is look at the programs that LBJ gave us with the Great Society and theyโd be gone.
Michele BachmannLet me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.
Michele BachmannBut we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States. I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly, men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country.
Michele Bachmann