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No Apology: The Case for American Greatness

Name: No Apology: The Case for American Greatness
Author: Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

No Apology: The Case for American Greatness is a book by former Massachusetts governor and two-time U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney, detailing his vision for the United States. It was published on March 2, 2010 by St. Martin’s Press.

“Returning Medicare to solid footing represents our greatest entitlement challenge.... Like Social Security, Medicare is currently being rocked by the swelling numbers of baby-boomer retirees.... [However] the rising cost of health care adds just as much to the weight of the Medicare burden as does the age wave.... So it is healthcare itself that must be brought under control if we are to keep our Medicare bills from overwhelming the next generation.”

Mitt Romney book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness

Source: No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, 2010, Chapter 6, pgs. 162 - 163

“[A way] one could repair Social Security... [would be to] gradually increase the retirement age. This does have a certain logic to it: the average American's life expectancy has risen by more than ten years since Social Security was created. Increasing the retirement age by even one or two years would help get the system closer to sustainability.”

Mitt Romney book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness

Source: No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, 2010, Chapter 6, pgs. 158 - 159

“Welfare without work erodes the spirit and the sense of self-worth of the recipient. And it conditions the children of nonworking parents to an indolent and unproductive life. Hardworking parents raise hardworking kids; we should recognize that the opposite is also true. The influence of the work habits of our parents and other adults around us as we grow up has lasting impact.”

Mitt Romney book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness

Source: No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, 2010, Chapter 10, pg. 251 http://books.google.com/books?id=PDpBpo5CVB4C&pg=PA251

“Choosing education is a very good decision, not only good for the student, but also for our country. The United States was the first nation in history to recognize that public education for every citizen, regardless of class or station, was vital to its future...”

Mitt Romney book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness

Source: No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, 2010, Chapter 8, pg. 196

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