Have I opposed a safety net? I support unemployment benefits, limited pensions, and strong safety standards; what I don't support, is government practically dictating work policies for companies which are, generally speaking, running just fine on their own. Furthermore, your welfare does not guarantee equality, nor does it provide security; it stresses the idea that the poor cannot, at all, provide for themselves, and that they must be dependent on the government. My ideas are not perfect, I grant you that, but I am a true lover of liberty, and would not want any man to rely solely on the government, and the forced charity of his fellows, to maintain his existence (which may or may not be providing anything useful for the rest of society).
On your other point, do I oppose government infrastructure; of course not! I would rather have more privatised roads, and state run infrastructure systems, but the federal government should assist states in ensuring that roads, railways, and others are maintained and improved whenever and wherever possible. Those great benefits, that all Americans have access too, would not even exist yet, were it not for entrepreneurs and industrialists, whom you seem to despise, sir.
Furthermore, I oppose war; I have opposed war since you were an infant, and have maintained that position, even when members of my own party, and yours, were crying out for it. Remember, you were silent during the great war, whilst I was the most vocal critic of it. I ask you this, would you isolate us from the rest of the world, hiding our heads in the sand? I have always opposed that notion, instead favouring diplomacy, which some seem to feel is inadequate...
As well, would you rather the people not have access or control of their own money, since the government can use it so much better than they, I assume? Are they not capable of improving their communities, aiding their neighbours, investing in businesses, both large and small, or a thousand other things you think only the government can provide? Why not let the people have control of their money, Mr. Sullivan? Are they too stupid to know what to do with it? If that's the case, how high would taxes be under a Sullivan administration?
Sir, I want a completely free market, and I would love to see the government reduced in size far more drastically than I am proposing; but my ideas are moderate, and far more acceptable to your radical agenda! My ideas of less government, individual responsibility, with only the slightest bit of government interference, are the very founding ideas of this nation!