Allen West
Allen West
Allen Bernard West is an American political commentator, former member of the United States House of Representatives, and retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the House from 2011 to 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 February 1961
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
running medicare-and-medicaid government
When you talk about raising that debt limit, the only way that I would ever support raising the debt limit if we also talk about budgetary controls on the federal government, capping its spending, how do we deal with the Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid problems, because they cannot continue to run on auto-pilot.
country opportunity greatness
This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.
white america black
Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.
health issues hydra
One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.
believe compassion safety
Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.
boys politics looks
You have an imperial presidency that makes Richard Nixon look like a boy scout.
thinking gains income
I think that Governor Romney operates on the capital gains tax, his investments, what he lives off of instead of doing it off of his income.
business support progressive
I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business.
military party views
When I retired out of the military, I registered myself as a Republican because my views and perspectives were more in line with that party.
mail stuff welfare
Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail?
education army opportunity
A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.
country years america
But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of America, you know, the House, one of the things we did, we passed a budget last year. But that is still sitting over there at the Senate. And so we have got to get this country back on track.
thinking work-out massachusetts
I think that Governor Romney needs to talk about the fact that what he tried to do in the state of Massachusetts was him seeing what could be best for his state, but maybe it didn't work out as well.
oil issues florida
I'll give you a great example of an issue that no one brought up during this Florida primary, the fact that we're going to have a Chinese made oil rig put in place about 60 miles off the coast of Florida.