Ro Khanna
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But this idea that...
If you just need to be low tax, low government, I just philosophically disagree with that model.
My view is if you have investments in community colleges, in trade schools, in public schools, in health care, that is a high functioning society where you can build wealth, where you can build wealth for every family.
I just want the shot in America that
I had as a son of immigrants, right?
I got to go to a good public school.
I didn't have to worry about going to a doctor.
I got to live in a safe community.
You know, I couldn't hit for anything in baseball.
They always said, Connabat's ninth, watch the bunt.
But I got to play.
I got to go to Phillies games.
Like, I had a great...
childhood.
On my street, there were kids of electricians and plumbers, and there was a kid of someone who was a big shot vice president of the company.
That guy had the pool, and we all used to go to that house in the afternoons.
But the country, they didn't give me a lot, but they gave me enough.
And my parents, they said, Roe, you won the lottery.
You were born in America.
Go work hard.