Transcript for Ben Carson Tells Supporters: 'I'm Not Going Anywhere'

But thank you so much thank you all of our wonderful supporters. Thank you for all of the staff who had just done an amazing job here. And you know there. There and is people here who think that I'm gonna make a concession speech. Now this is they just the beginning be. You know it's it's just thing. But when this thing started. There were seventeen candidate. There are only six now. Now and I'm still want to. Head and I'm not going anywhere. Now it no way we have a little bit of a different situation. Then many the other candidates. Who are funded in different ways. But we are funded by we the people. And. I will steadfastly. Continue. You refuse to take money from special interest groups and billionaires who want to influence me those people. Are not. Looking for the good of America. And those are the same people I guarantee you. Who will continue to influence. America. If we put people in office who are beholden to them. That will not change we have to be willing to make. Dramatic. Changes we can't just mess around the edges we got to go to the heart of the matter. Because our nation is very close to going off the and what I am attempting to do. As a true outsider. And when I say a true outsider I mean. I've never tried that by anybody or sell anybody or do anything to influence what was going on in government for my own purposes. That's an insider you can chrome but you want. But the fact of the matter is. What we need. Is a recognition. Of the fact. That the way our country was designed. It was designed. For citizen statesmen not career politicians. And right now there is a political class. That consist. The Washington establishment. And the news media. And the pundits. And they believe that they have complete control. Of our country. They only have complete control. If we give them complete intro. It is way that depo. It is we the people who really the dollar the problem is. If we don't exercise the power. Then they continued to have the control. And this is the message. That I'm going to be making. Across the nation. To try to help the people of America recognized that we still. Have the ability. The dictate. The course of our country we still have the ability to save it for the next generates. We can. If we continued down the same hands that we have been going that will never. Happen. And you know I never really actually intended to get into the political world amounts that meant. And since I've gotten into it what I have discovered. It's really quite disgusting. Main thing. That that the engine that drives Washington DC in that drives our country. Is full of fail. And and I'm eruption. And favors. And to enter pit relationships. And they will do anything. And I do mean anything. To maintain their power and to maintain their position. However. God is in charge. Or. And. You know I really. I thought about this long and hard before I got into it because after. A long and are just career in their surgery. And it's really wanting to relax. And have fun with my wife insist that have a good time for the rest of my mind. And then those he started bothering me. Clinton them. In. Every place I went to make a speech. There all these people out there with signs around and around. And that's that it getting all these petitions. And then there were so many people saying. You can do this. And and at first I just it just ignore in the go away. But it did not through way. And I don't think it's going to go away. And. And I truly believe that as time goes on. More and more people will actually beat hand to get very serious. And they will actually pinky and to look at actual policies. And natural solutions. For the problems. Rather than just rhetoric and and boisterous speech. And that when that happens. I think you're gonna start this the a significantly. Changed. And what's going on in our country that tied it will begin to change because. That situation that we are in right now it's so serious. I mean when you talk about the fiscal gap. The vast majority of Americans have no idea what you're talking about. The fiscal. Is what is going to destroy us as a nation. And that's why I know Washington politicians talk about the fiscal gap. But since I'm not a Washington politician I can talk about it. In they unfunded liabilities. That we oh. Social Security Medicare Medicaid. While the government programs. On the government agencies and so they receive. Vs the amount of money we have coming banking and through taxes and other revenue sources. Those numbers should be essentially equal if you are fiscally responsible. If you're not again develops bring them for today's knowledge of about the fiscal gap that sits at over 200 trillion dollars. So if somebody. Magically came along today. That's it I'm and the do you view it she the payoff your national debt of nineteen trillion dollars. We would all be dancing in the street. But the fact of the matter is we would still be huge travel. This it's the kind of thing that is not known. By the American people. And that's why arm. That's why our founders. Were so insistent. Upon a good education. And the well informed populace that's that if we ever become anything other than will inform populace the nature of the country will change. Because people would be easily manipulated. That is exactly what's going on in our country today people are being easily manipulated. And told what they're supposed to think. And who they're supposed to follow. When in fact. We have these tremendous brain. And with these enormous frontal. Not to imagine why this human being has picked Ronald. Because that's where you engage in rational thought process. That's where you are able. Extract information from the pants in the president. Analyze it improved objected to the future. With rational. Processing. And rational plans. You don't need Celtic frontal loads if are you gonna do is listen to the pundit. And have other people to hell you what you're supposed to do you know you could train some other. Thing to do that. You know need it's that we have in order to do that. And that's something that I think we're gonna have to begin that emphasize. We also need to understand. The situation in terms of our educational. Deficit. We have an all voluntary military right now. We depend upon the populace to volunteer. Between the ages of seventeen and 24. 71%. Of people who volunteer for the military are rejected. Only 29%. Except the ones that are rejected are rejected for mental. Physical or educational deficits. Of those three educational. It's it's far and away the biggest one. High school graduates. Cannot pants a simple. Examination. Basic math skills. Basic communication skills. What does that tell you about what is happening in our country. These are high school graduates. And it what is happening is we are dumbing down our population. And you know everybody is that could student everybody gets a certificate everybody gets a Goldstein. I mean this is killing us. And we we've got to get away from this progressive ism in this political correctness and the stupidity. Because we have theory traditionally very Smart and innovative people. And we have to start finding a way. To develop them recognizing that we only have 330. Million people we have to compete with China what one point four billion. India what one point one billion. We cannot afford. To waste any of our people. We have to develop every single one and we can't have twenty plus percent of people entering had school and not graduating. We cannot have 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's prison inmates. We have got to develop all of those young people for every one of those people that we keep from going down that path of self destruction. That's one less person that we have to be afraid of or protect their families from or pay for in the penal system with a welfare system one war. Tax paying member of society who may discover the cure for cancer or a new energy source we cannot afford to waste any of our people. In absolutely incensed. And. And we must peek in to really understand what true compassion. Is all about true compassion. It's not keeping people and the dependent position. True compassion is providing. In ladder of opportunity so that people can climb out of dependency and become part of the fabric of America. And that's. That. That is really what conservatism. Is all about and we must stop allowing the progressives. Any it's. As people who don't care about the other people in our society that is absolutely the opposite. They're the ones who don't care. I think they are the winds. People enslaved. So that they can cultivate their votes and that that is the just the opposite of compassion. And I think we're just gonna have to come out and tell it like it is they're not gonna like it very much. But we're just gonna have to begin to put it in their face. Because there always putting in an. And I think we most definitely have to reject political correctness. And not allowed them to tell us who we can. What we can't. And most them. Most importantly. You know when we say the pledge of allegiance to this plan. We say we are one nation under god. We must not. Now. The secular progressives. To remove god from our lives. That is a war that I am very willing to fight. And note the last breath in my body. Because. I believe that the reason that this nation rose to the pinnacle of the world in record time. Is because we paid homage to god. And we also recognize. That there were values and principles that will worth preserving. And we recognize that there was such a thing as right. And such a thing as wrong. And we must get back to a point in this country. Where we recognize that we do have a culture and American culture and American way. Not a Republican way not a Democrat way but an American way this is what we must come to on this span. And and we have to stop fighting each. You know what we really need to do is we have this. There are sitting down and having rational conversations. About our differences. And when you have a rational conversation. Very often if one side or the other side is wrong. It becomes apparent. So for instance. You sit down I have a rational conversation. About free college tuition for everybody. Ten. And you know. The rational side. We'll say yeah who's gonna pay for. They are rational side will say. Oh when you have a lot of rich people. And we can just take the money from them. And then the rational side will say what makes you think they're just gonna for their money over the and then they irrational side it was will make them do it. Which that you think will win. And what we have to do is it should help the populace to understand that when somebody comes along. Promising you in the sky. This is just. The technique. To get elected. And when they promote class warfare. They know good in well. That if they could take evil 1% and ship them away someplace and ship them to another country who would be glad to hand them. That that would not solve their problem because everybody else could just sit around the campfire and seeing combed. Because there wouldn't be anything else. Because the people who are creating everything will be gone. You know we need to get away from this whole class warfare stuff. What we really need to be thinking about is how do we create an atmosphere. That will allow. Those creative people in our society. To create. Opportunities. For everybody else. I don't think quite frankly that most Americans. Mind the fact. That are rich Americans as long lives they have the ability to become rich themselves. It's only when you shut that off. It's only when you set them off. And see that's what the progressives do. They try to convince a whole bunch of people that it is shut off that somebody is keeping them from achieving. And that therefore. You have a right. To persecute those people and to try to take what they happen. That is known as socialism. And we have got the star reminding people what socialism as I think a lot of people think socialism. Is caring for the social welfare of other people that's not whether this. And a lot of young people I think probably don't fully realize what it is we know what it is and it was Thomas Jefferson. Who really sad that we would reach this point in our country. Where we would have allow the government. To root workers. The roles. Of the people and the government. This country was designed with the people at the pinnacle. And the government beneath the people. For the purpose. Of facilitating life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What has happened is that government. Has become that cynical power. And it now dictates that people. This is something. That absolutely. Must be reversed this is not something that the political class is going to be happy about me saying it be the Republicans or Democrats. That's why they try to act like I don't think this but the fact of the matter is I do exist and along with you. We are the people and we will take America back thank you care about.

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