Joe Heck quotes

“The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to be paying benefits for 13-15 years. That's one of the reasons why this pyramid scheme isn't working.”
-- Joe Heck

Source : "Joe Heck: Social Security 'a pyramid scheme'". Interview with David Catanese, www.politico.com. June 3, 2011.

#Retirement Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Pyramid Schemes Quotes

“Mitt Romney and I don't agree on every issue and certainly housing is one of them. When you look at what is going on here in Southern Nevada, you can't say you got to let the housing market hit bottom. We have been bouncing along the bottom for years. And the fact is we have to do everything possible to: 1) keep people in their homes and 2) get people who are out of their homes back into their homes.”
-- Joe Heck

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“Using the ‘military decision-making process’ is extremely valuable when making policy decisions.”
-- Joe Heck

Source : "Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.

#Military Quotes #Decision Quotes #Process Quotes

“While von Clausewitz said, 'War is the continuation of policy (politics) by other means,' when considering the welfare of our men and women in uniform, their families, our veterans and survivors, don't let politics drive your decisions.”
-- Joe Heck

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“To maintain our economic and national security, we must maximize all of our nation's energy resources, including renewable sources, alternative fuels, and fossil fuels, all in a way that balances economic development and protecting our environment.”
-- Joe Heck

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

#Balance Quotes #Energy Quotes #Alternatives Quotes

“Nevada is poised to lead our nation in renewable development and we must harness those resources.”
-- Joe Heck

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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“We shouldn't penalize those that depend on fossil fuels for energy and the jobs they provide.”
-- Joe Heck

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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“[The Clean Power Plan] is not the all-of-the-above energy strategy needed to boost job creation and reduce energy prices for families.”
-- Joe Heck

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

#Jobs Quotes #Energy Quotes #Strategy Quotes

“I'm not voting for Hillary Clinton.”
-- Joe Heck

Source : "Hispanic Voters Key In Deciding Nevada's Tight Senate Race". "All Things Considered" with Kelly Mcevers, www.npr.org. October 27, 2016.

#Voting Quotes #Clinton Quotes #Not Voting Quotes

“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”

“I never understood retirement. What is the attraction of retirement? I go down there to Florida and look around and I said, my God, who wants this? Not me.”

“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.”

“The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn’t wishful thinking. It’s the rule.”

Source : "The Parenting Trap" by A. A. Gill, www.vanityfair.com. November 2, 2012.

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't.”

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”

“Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.”

“Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.”

“The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to be paying benefits for 13-15 years. That's one of the reasons why this pyramid scheme isn't working.”

Source : "Joe Heck: Social Security 'a pyramid scheme'". Interview with David Catanese, www.politico.com. June 3, 2011.