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Rick Santelli

American Journalist

Born: Jan 12, 1953

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We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator. And in the end, you hope it's a benevolent one. But then you could get things done. There's no lurching; there's no bumps. That's the cornerstone of checks and balances. Rick Santelli

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The president doesn't hold all the cards. The cards are evenly split up! Rick Santelli

President Split Up Hold Cards

Many other states ultimately - they might not have the same balance sheet as Wisconsin - but collective bargaining from the federal level... these are big issues, and these costs need to be put under control. Rick Santelli

Around 1999, CNBC offered me a full-time post, and I'm the happiest I've ever been. Rick Santelli

Me Post Around Been Offered Happiest Full-Time Ever

People with 401(k)s need to be very conservative. Picking bottoms should be for insiders and traders. Rick Santelli

People Conservative Picking Very Should Need

Blame the Tea Party? Geez, no wonder Kerry did so well in an election. If it wasn't for the Tea Party, they would have passed the debt ceiling thumbs up; we would have been rated BBB. Rick Santelli

We all know deep inside that no country is the same as it was 5 years ago. Rick Santelli

Country No Country Inside Know Years Years Ago Same Deep Deep Inside

I think many agree, being on the plan till 26, good idea; preexisting conditions, they all have a cost. So you have to find a way to pay for it. But it doesn't mean that you're going to keep or change. Listen, cars have tires. You can reinvent the car, but it's still going to have tires. Those aspects are components of healthcare. Rick Santelli

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I like free markets, but I do like fair markets. Rick Santelli

Free Markets Free Markets Fair Like

Markets are unforgiving, and sometimes they move for reasons we can't possibly foresee. Rick Santelli

Sometimes Markets Possibly Foresee Move Unforgiving Reasons

We now have the technology to pretty much hear everything. Can you imagine how our holiday dinners would be if every relative's entire conversations from birth to that moment in time was shown to every other relative? Rick Santelli

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I come from immigrant grandparents. The country would not be what it is if it wasn't for the immigrants in this country. Rick Santelli

Country Immigrant Immigrants Would Come Grandparents

There's not a lot of wealth throughout all the country shared equally. Rick Santelli

Wealth Country Throughout Shared Equally Lot

I don't even look at gold as gold anymore. Gold is just another piece of paper. Rick Santelli

Paper Look Piece Another Just Gold Anymore Even

When it comes to policies of central bankers, the biggest systemic risk we have... are those policies. Rick Santelli

Those Systemic Risk Policies Bankers Biggest Central

The issue is, you're not going to have a lot of inflation showing up when you have no velocity. Rick Santelli

You Inflation Velocity Issue Lot Up Going Showing Showing Up

We need to understand that in the end, if we're going to make a positive difference in the future, we can't have election cycles where one side, the middle and the right side, they talk trash. Rick Santelli

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