“The real number of the US' obligations, unfunded obligations that we're passing on to our future generates is more like $70 trillion to $75 trillion. The vast majority of that is health entitlements - Medicare, Obamacare, Medicaid. There's also Social Security, interest on the debt. But fundamentally, health entitlements are the thing that will bankrupt our kids. We need to fix that for the long-term.”
![“It’s time to ask why [the United States] is the only country in the world where we permit our children to be saddled with tens — sometimes hundreds — of thousands of dollars of debt before they begin to earn a penny.” quote by F.H. Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d66/f-h-buckley-2-99927_adulthood_it-s-time-to-ask-why-the-united-states-i_3079666.jpg)
![“The U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.” quote by Benjamin E. Sasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9b4/benjamin-e-sasse-24669_communication_the-u-s-affirms-freedom-of-speech-vladim_354509.jpg)
![“Let's be clear: Has the U.S. ever made any mistakes? Of course.Is the U.S. at all like [Vladimir] Putin's regime? Not at all.” quote by Benjamin E. Sasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6fd/benjamin-e-sasse-24669_clear_let-s-be-clear-has-the-u-s-ever-made-any_1019573.jpg)
![“[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press.” quote by Benjamin E. Sasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b6d/benjamin-e-sasse-24669_celebrate_vladimir-putin-is-an-enemy-of-the-free-p_1170980.jpg)
![“[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.” quote by Benjamin E. Sasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dd5/benjamin-e-sasse-24669_arguing_vladimir-putin-is-an-enemy-of-political_1238110.jpg)
![“I don't understand what the president's [Donald Trump] position is on Russia. But I can tell you what my position is on Russia: Russia is a great danger to a lot of its neighbors, and [Vladimir] Putin has as one of his core objectives fracturing NATO, which is one of the greatest military…” quote by Benjamin E. Sasse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1c3/benjamin-e-sasse-24669_alliances_i-don-t-understand-what-the-president-s_1462746.jpg)
