Huge deficits, slow economic activity, high unemployment, and woefully inadequate job creation are severe symptoms of the problem. They are not the root cause. The ever expanding size, scope and cost of government is [the root cause of economic problems]. This is what we must address. This is what I hope the President has come to realize. I hope the President and his allies in Congress accept a simple big government is blocking job creation, not helping it. (00:52–00:57)
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Asserts that government expansion is the root cause of economic issues.
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