Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.

How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenue in half? That's why the healthcare system won't change the healthcare system.

I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake.

I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.

I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.