our act scores are second best in the country and we have done things that made our state better. we can did all of that in a blue state we can do that in america. carlie, what s your message to the voters here and what s been on your minds when they speak with you? you know, 75% of americans now believe the federal government is corrupt. 82% of americans think we have a professional political class that cares more about its power, privilege, and position than doing the people s work. most iowans agree. what i talk to them about is what this country was intended to be. ours was intended to be a citizen government. ours was intended to be a land of opportunity. we very a federal government now that is so bloated. so bureaucratic. so incompetent, so corrupt, that we re crushing opportunities in this nation. what s your message to them and what are they saying to you as you walk around? well, number one, they are saying welcome to iowa. my message is that our national security is
best in the country and we have done things that made our state better. we can did all of that in a blue state we can do that in america. carlie, what s your message to the voters here and what s been on your minds when they speak with you? you know, 75% of americans now believe the federal government is corrupt. 82% of americans think we have a professional political class that cares more about its power, privilege, and position than doing the people s work. most iowans agree. what i talk to them about is what this country was intended to be. ours was intended to be a citizen government. ours was intended to be a land of opportunity. we very a federal government now that is so bloated. so bureaucratic. so incompetent, so corrupt, that we re crushing opportunities in this nation. what s your message to them and what are they saying to you as you walk around? well, number one, they are saying welcome to iowa. my message is that our national security is in decline, radical islam
position and privilege are. that of course is the personification of the political class. you know, people are angry. i hear that out there all the time. i mean, how long has the v.a. been a problem? 20 years. and we hear scandal after scandal about the v.a. and yet, it never quite seems to get fixed. how long has the border been insecure? 25 years. how long have we had sanctuary cities? 15 years. i have voters come up to me and say thank you for answering my question. think about what a low bar that is is. the truth is i think we were intended to be a citizen government by, for and of the people. i think the truth is most americans are tired of politics as usual. think it s not getting the job done and i agree with them. that s why i m running for president. is it a bureaucracy is it that they haven t fixed it because it s such a bureaucracy and they don t know how to do it or don t have the business background to have the sensibility about waste and fraud that you have to have wi
position and privilege are. that of course is the personification of the political class. you know, people are angry. i hear that out there all the time. i mean, how long has the v.a. been a problem? 20 years. and we hear scandal after scandal about the v.a. and yet, it never quite seems to get fixed. how long has the border been insecure? 25 years. how long have we had sanctuary cities? 15 years. i have voters come up to me and say thank you for answering my question. think about what a low bar that is is. the truth is i think we were intended to be a citizen government by, for and of the people. i think the truth is most americans are tired of politics as usual. think it s not getting the job done and i agree with them. that s why i m running for president. is it a bureaucracy is it that they haven t fixed it because it s such a bureaucracy and they don t know how to do it or don t have the business background to have the sensibility about waste and fraud that you have to have wi
re-imagine our government is to re-imagine who is leading it. as i say, you talk a lot about the professional political class, but i was looking at your record in business. and you worked your way for decades from being a secretary to sales force to marketing to ending up as the ceo of hewlett-packard. you paid your dues. the question is, isn t it as questionable to take someone with no political experience and make them president of the united states as it is to take a politician without business experience and make them the head of a fortune 100 company like hewlett-packard? well, of course, politics is different than business. of course, business running a company takes a certain set of technical skills. again, ours was intended to be a citizen government. it s not accurate to say that i don t know anything about politics. i have served as an adviser to many politicians.