Vivek Ramaswamy

So on my watch as governor, we're going to make sure that every high school senior who graduates from high school has to pass the same civics test that every legal immigrant has to pass in order to become a citizen. And I think that that's a beautiful thing because you can't love a country unless you know the first thing about that country.

So on my watch as governor, we're going to make sure that every high school senior who graduates from high school has to pass the same civics test that every legal immigrant has to pass in order to become a citizen. And I think that that's a beautiful thing because you can't love a country unless you know the first thing about that country.

So civic health, physical health, academic health, mental health, all of it, This is about standing for the next generation, and I do think about that as a future security issue and a competitiveness issue versus China and other countries around the world. But they don't have federalism like we do, so it can't be done in Washington, D.C. It has to be states that lead the way.

So civic health, physical health, academic health, mental health, all of it, This is about standing for the next generation, and I do think about that as a future security issue and a competitiveness issue versus China and other countries around the world. But they don't have federalism like we do, so it can't be done in Washington, D.C. It has to be states that lead the way.

So civic health, physical health, academic health, mental health, all of it, This is about standing for the next generation, and I do think about that as a future security issue and a competitiveness issue versus China and other countries around the world. But they don't have federalism like we do, so it can't be done in Washington, D.C. It has to be states that lead the way.

That's right. And this is such a perfect example because we're talking about what's going on in Washington, D.C., where I helped get Doge off the ground. President Trump and Elon are doing a fantastic job. It's bureaucracy that is the enemy of the people. I believe that. Whether it's the federal government, whether it's the state government, whether it's the level of the managerial class.

That's right. And this is such a perfect example because we're talking about what's going on in Washington, D.C., where I helped get Doge off the ground. President Trump and Elon are doing a fantastic job. It's bureaucracy that is the enemy of the people. I believe that. Whether it's the federal government, whether it's the state government, whether it's the level of the managerial class.

That's right. And this is such a perfect example because we're talking about what's going on in Washington, D.C., where I helped get Doge off the ground. President Trump and Elon are doing a fantastic job. It's bureaucracy that is the enemy of the people. I believe that. Whether it's the federal government, whether it's the state government, whether it's the level of the managerial class.

We talk about these public teachers unions. It's a funny thing because the individual people who are in that often are very good people. I think about my sixth grade teacher, Ms. Kinney, at a public school that I went to in Cincinnati where I grew up. She changed my life for the better. She allowed me to see potential in myself that I never saw.

We talk about these public teachers unions. It's a funny thing because the individual people who are in that often are very good people. I think about my sixth grade teacher, Ms. Kinney, at a public school that I went to in Cincinnati where I grew up. She changed my life for the better. She allowed me to see potential in myself that I never saw.

We talk about these public teachers unions. It's a funny thing because the individual people who are in that often are very good people. I think about my sixth grade teacher, Ms. Kinney, at a public school that I went to in Cincinnati where I grew up. She changed my life for the better. She allowed me to see potential in myself that I never saw.

But right now, we're not attracting the very best like her because there's no meritocracy in compensation. You brought up South Korea. The same thing is true in Finland. They pay a court to merit-based pay, according to actual performance, they attract the very best, in many cases, to the education profession, as we should here as well. And it's shocking that none of our 50 states do it.

But right now, we're not attracting the very best like her because there's no meritocracy in compensation. You brought up South Korea. The same thing is true in Finland. They pay a court to merit-based pay, according to actual performance, they attract the very best, in many cases, to the education profession, as we should here as well. And it's shocking that none of our 50 states do it.

But right now, we're not attracting the very best like her because there's no meritocracy in compensation. You brought up South Korea. The same thing is true in Finland. They pay a court to merit-based pay, according to actual performance, they attract the very best, in many cases, to the education profession, as we should here as well. And it's shocking that none of our 50 states do it.

So I want Ohio to be the first state in the country that brings meritocracy to compensation and education with some of the other changes, and that'll set a national standard is the way I look at this. It's not actually, turns out, a parochial state issue when you see it that way. It's about setting a national standard for and doing it through state leadership.

So I want Ohio to be the first state in the country that brings meritocracy to compensation and education with some of the other changes, and that'll set a national standard is the way I look at this. It's not actually, turns out, a parochial state issue when you see it that way. It's about setting a national standard for and doing it through state leadership.

So I want Ohio to be the first state in the country that brings meritocracy to compensation and education with some of the other changes, and that'll set a national standard is the way I look at this. It's not actually, turns out, a parochial state issue when you see it that way. It's about setting a national standard for and doing it through state leadership.

And I do think that that's the way things work in America, is education's local, but it's a national threat unless we address it.

And I do think that that's the way things work in America, is education's local, but it's a national threat unless we address it.

And I do think that that's the way things work in America, is education's local, but it's a national threat unless we address it.