Share with America whether you believe in lower taxes, responsible spending and fiscal accountability, so that individuals might keep more of their hard earned money, and realize the economic power that it represents.
Share with America whether you believe in business regulations that encourage entrepreneurs, so that more individuals can enjoy the satisfaction and fruits of self-made success.
Share with America whether you believe in the ideal of a colorblind society, so that each man or woman is treated as an individual, and not as a member of some class or group.
But also share with America that you understand that the gap between Washington and our families is real; that the disconnect between elected leadership and the people is real.
Reaffirm for voters that our Republican Party recognizes that each of us are empowered not by government but by our own individual aspirations; that each of us are empowered because we are free and we are free because we are the light of that “shining city on hill” in which the American dream is not a slogan but an opportunity.
For countless Americans, the legacy handed to us so many generations ago inspires us to embrace the values that shape us, transform us, and free us to pursue our dreams.
I'm asking you to make the case that only opportunity can defeat dependence and that only self reliance can overcome adversity; that it is always better to elevate those in need beyond reliance on government, rather than consigning them to permanent dependence on that government.
This is the message elected leaders in Washington need to hear. It is the message America longs to hear from a new generation of leaders.
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