When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty.

If you start a child off at age 5, by the time he gets to 10 or 12 he's better prepared to play tackle football. He's not afraid to play. He's not intimidated by contact, so it really makes a lot of sense to start a child off from a young age, teaching him the fundamentals of football. That's what we want to do. We want to teach our kids the rules of football.

You pass a program and get people dependent on it, making it brutal to get rid of. The key is not letting it get started.

Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs - even when we benefit from them.

The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.

Our hearts and prayers go out to all of these people as they begin the hard work of rebuilding their lives.