“Like other countries, Scotland is trying to completely fulfill its energy needs from renewable sources within the next decade, but there is considerable skepticism about that plan. Bill Gates said flatly in 2015, “Renewable energy can’t do the job. Governments should switch green subsidies into R&…”Tagged: Climate Change, Energy, Technology, Renewable Energy
“Even if that number is only half right, what kind of investment do you make that takes 20 years before you break even? I understand solar energy is eventually going to become more efficient and maybe even cost-effective. Maybe. When it proves to be affordable and reliable in providing a substantial…”Tagged: Climate Change, Energy, Energy Policy, The Economy, Renewable Energy
“We can’t be fooled or lulled into a sense of security by the current drop in oil prices, which is unpredictable and still insufficient, given the amount of oil out there. Those oil prices are like the weather: guaranteed to change. We need to be prepared to drill our own oil. And we need to take…”Tagged: The Economy, Energy, Climate Change
“I do agree that so-called global climate change is causing us some problems: It’s causing us to waste billions of dollars to develop technologies we don’t need to fulfill our energy needs.”Tagged: Climate Change, Energy, The Economy
“We are actually blaming weather patterns on man-made causes. First, the so-called “experts” told us we were responsible for global warming, but then, when temperatures started dropping, scientists began referring to these variations as “climate change.””Tagged: Climate Change, Science
“There is no reason the federal government should profit from student loans. This only makes an already difficult problem worse. The Federal Student Loan Program turned a $ 41.3 billion profit in 2013. These student loans are probably one of the only things that the government shouldn’t make money…”Tagged: Education, Policy, Debt, College, Government
“When I speak at a college, the students surround me and ask me two questions: First, can I give or get them a job? And second, what can we do about their loans? They haven’t even graduated from school, they haven’t yet started working, and already they’ve mortgaged their future.”Tagged: College, Jobs, Career, Debt
“My father succeeded without a college degree, but that would be much harder to do today. According to the Census Bureau, people with a bachelor’s degree earn an average of $ 51,000 a year. That’s $ 23,000 more a year than people with just high school diplomas and almost three times as much as high…”Tagged: College, Debt, College Debt, Statistics
“I’m not as concerned about the kids growing up in wealthy communities, where high property taxes have allowed them to build great schools, hire the best teachers, and provide all the supplies they need. Those schools are doing fine. In many urban areas, however, schools must fight for every tax…”Tagged: Taxes, Policy, Education, Government, Teachers
“Kids need to learn that success requires persistence. Self-esteem should come from overcoming challenges and surviving the hard knocks of trying to be better.”Tagged: Education, Policy, Values
“Forget that self-esteem stuff; we need to start challenging kids. We need to allow them to fail when they don’t work hard.”Tagged: Education, Policy
“Our national educational system was never intended to be limited to the three R’s, history, and science. It was designed to produce well-rounded young people capable of prospering in the world. In addition to an education, kids were supposed to graduate with some basic values, self-discipline, and…”Tagged: Education, Policy, Government, Political Correctness, Values
“Education has to be run locally. Common Core, No Child Left Behind, and Race to the Top are all programs that take decisions away from parents and local school boards. These programs allow the progressives in the Department of Education to indoctrinate, not educate, our kids.”Tagged: Education, Policy, Government
“From my father and my uncle I learned the value of work and the value of a good education. From my own experience I learned what happens when you put them together.”Tagged: Values, Work, Trump on Trump, Family, Education
“I don’t want people to know exactly what I’m doing— or thinking. I like being unpredictable.”Tagged: Business, Trump on Trump, Foreign Policy
“Tipping your hand is one of the dumbest mistakes you can make in a military confrontation.”Tagged: Foreign Policy, War, Military, strategy
“A very good story recently quoted a businessman describing me as “unpredictable,” noting it was one of my better qualities and helped me make a lot of money. Now that I am running for president, which so many experts predicted I would not do, that same trait has made it really hard for all my…”Tagged: Business, Marketing
“Third-world countries have substantially lower production costs. They have lower overhead and pay their workers a lot less. As a businessman, I have an obligation to all of my employees and to consumers and stockholders to produce the best product at the lowest possible price.”Tagged: Trade, Jobs, Wages, Business
“There are people who wish I wouldn’t refer to China as our enemy. But that’s exactly what they are. They have destroyed entire industries by utilizing low-wage workers, cost us tens of thousands of jobs, spied on our businesses, stolen our technology, and have manipulated and devalued their…”Tagged: China, Trade, Competition, Jobs, Manufacturing
“Many years ago, there was an adage that “When General Motors sneezes, the stock market catches a cold.” In those days, GM was such a big player in the economy that if it stumbled, our economy suffered, too. The recent precipitous decline of the Chinese stock market caused our own Dow Jones average…”Tagged: The Economy, Stock Market, General Motors, Manufacturing, Trade