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In 2015 I spent my time in 21 different states. I was in Ohio last week. America doesn't trust you anymore. That's the truth. Because they don't see the actions coming out of Congress that should be. That doesn't mean they're right all the time, but you've lost their confidence. That's not one party, that's both. The unfunded liabilities in this country with its debt is 142 trillion dollars. That's one million dollars per family or one million dollars per taxpayer, either way you break it down. Nobody knows what a trillion is, but when you're telling a young family with two small kids, 'By the way, here's the debt burden that's coming to you over the next 25 years, you better be prepared for it.' The other point I would make is that the standard of living in this country, although it increased, median family income is exactly the same as it was in 1988. There's reasons for that, and the reason for it is too much government and too intrusive of government. These are real problems that you all have the capability to address, and I came here to encourage you to do that. I would also tell you that there's another movement afoot in the country, and that's to force you to do it. That's through Convention of States. Two passed last week, and it won't be long before we meet the 34 state requirement, and we will have a Convention of States. Then we will make recommendations to the states, one on a balanced budget amendment using generally accepted accounting principles with very little wiggle room that will force you. It'll give Congress the backbone to do what they need to be doing in the first place. Also, limitations on scope and jurisdiction. You're going to see that coming forward. That now has 1.7 million activists following it everyday, involved in it. 650,000 actually working at state capitols. One of the things the American people are asking, quite frankly--you have an oath, so why do we have to have a constitutional amendment for Congress to do what's best for the country? They have decided that Congress can't do what's best for the country, so they're going to do it themselves under the Constitution. The Constitution actually is the powerful tool with which to solve the problems of our country. It's big enough to solve the problems.
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