That will do it more efficiently, more effectively than some bureaucrat in d. C. You pick what you want. Your washington making those decisions or you want the people of iowa making those decisions. I will stand with the people of iowa every time. I will stand with the people of this country every time. I want to be your president because i know our best days are ahead of us. If you will give me your support, i will make you proud of the work that comes out of washington d. C. Because it will be incredibly limited compared to what it is today. That lets you. God bless you. Thank you all for letting us come. God bless you. Former Texas Governor rick perry speaking at the campaign s soapbox and iowa. Our coverage continues with your comments and your thoughts on the former Texas Governor. 27488921 is the number to call for republicans. 2027488920 for democrats. All others 20274888922. We set aside a line for iowa voters. Those caucuses are coming up in february. That number is 2027488923. Also we will look for your comments on twitter. We expect the governor to make his way through the crowd. As we are able, we will follow him. We will get to your calls as quickly as we can. We go to but does that, maryland. Michael is on the line. Caller how are you . Host fine things. Fine, thanks. Caller lets talk about how everything should be i dont even know what to say. There is no other country in the world where people have an attitude like this. Government is set up to help people. Government was set up by the people for the people. It is not set up to make peoples lives worse. It is really confusing to me what governor perry and the rest of the republicans do not want the government to help people. They just want to push everything into the private sector. I think government is inherently corrupt. Government currently maybe corrupt. If you send people there who are not corrupt, that will fix the system. The answer is not to turn everything over to the states, and to turn everything over to the private secto states, and to turn everything over to the private sector. Talking about a wall between the u. S. And mexico. Susan, go ahead with your comments on the republican line. Caller i listened to the governors speech. I want to go on record and make sure Everybody Knows he is right on time. , that isg he said exactly what needs to be happening. You had a caller saying the government is here to help us. I think that is what kerry was touching on. He has the vision that the states need to handle it because the State Government are there. They are with you. They see what is happening. Host i appreciate your comment. We will listen into governor perry speak with people at the fair. Perry i have a long and inried history and agriculture. The challenges we have in this country is not in production. The challenges we have our restrictions. Our ability to sell our Products International or a tax from d. C. Usda andlture with the epa to list a couple. Supply allied industries them with the products we need. Thisfeel the brunt of washington knows best mentality, this onslaught that all too often costs us. I will give you a great example. People may not be given directly this was putk in place to keep everything from getting too big to fail but it is protecting these big banks. It has driven Small Community banks out of business in droves. Maybe since the Great Depression we have not seen the loss of Small Community banks. Community banks are by and large what drives the ability for agriculture producers and smalltown momandpop businesses to receive their financial support. A lot of focus has to be on the overregulation, the over taxation that comes out of washington d. C. If you free the american entrepreneur, whether they are a farmer or a small momandpop business somewhere or whether they are a big american company, we overtax, we over regulate. Addressing those i think you can actually do it in a relatively speedy way. An expeditious way. We did it with a 12th largest economy in the world in texas. And allowed for Health Care Opportunities and the access to health care to explode in the state of texas over the last decade. We can do this. It is just a matter of having someone who has the experience of doing it. I sayone of the reason this is a show me, do not tell me election. A lot of people will say this is what i will do. I have done it. I would like to have people take a look at what we have done in texas, whether electing Supreme Court justices or putting policies in place to make this competitive. Preventativ this country has a very high incarceration rate. Would you make any changes in the criminal Justice System . Rick perry there is an example of that when you look at the criminal justice room warm we did in texas. It is the 12th largest economy in the world, about the same size as canada or australia. We had a huge prison population. Big prison buildup in the 1990s. Use of federal mandatory sentencing laws that were cramming a lot of young nonviolent drugrelated offenses into our prisons. It was costing a lot of money, and we were destroying lives. This is not to try to make any excuses for the activities they were involved with. They broke the laws and need to pay a price, but does this trying light by throwing them in prison for long periods of time the answer . I had a democrat district judge from dallas, texas, in early 2000 say think about this. He laid it out and we were putting people in prison for long periods of time costing huge amounts of money and there was an alternative. That alternative is drug courts. We implement of those in 2007. A republicancontrolled house and senate at that particular point in time. This is not a partisan issue. This is just a commonsense issue from my perspective. The result was in a short eight year period or seven year period of time we saved a 2 billion of taxpayer money. That is smart on crime, but it is also allowing people a second chance. I think this country has always been about second chances. At a federal level, i think you can do the same thing. States need to compete against each other. You are starting to see other states follow texas lead on the criminal justice reforms making a difference. There is being smart on how you deal with whether it is criminal justice or taxes. Is what i think americans are looking for, in washington will not be the epicenter of that. Duty to be a repository of best practices . Eah, but washington needs to thes send out our back to the states. Whether it is social issues or economic issues, america will be stronger and happier. Texas is a great stai stateas a great fair. What do you think is the best . Rick perry i go straight with the pork chop. Iowa pork producers do a great job. That is not to say there are not a lot of other good things to eat here. Just from the standpoint of good healthy protein, iowa pork producers do a great job of laying out some food. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Update on your indictment. Rick perry i will be more than happy to give an indictment. I wear that as a badge of honor as setting up against an outofcontrol District Attorney who was three times the legal limit driving. They got to did not run into someone and kill them. The idea i will send state money to that individual that she has control over, no way. If i had to do that all over again, i would do it again. This is a classic example of persecution by a very democratcontrolled county. The Legislature Took away all of the authority from them as far as legislative sessions. Dean ofrmer Pepperdine Law School and other president of Baylor University wrote a column in the last week saying what the world are these charges still hanging around on governor perry for . Who has a modicum of understanding about the constitution and the laws governors negotiate with legislators, and without process is over with we make a decision whether or not we will send money or a program forward. Reiterateust want to i wear this as a badge of honor for standing up against an outofcontrol official that had oversight on state elected that was in texas absolutely abhorrent in her actions against Law Enforcement individuals that are in custody and jail. I would not spend a dime of texas taxpayer money, i would not let a dime money go to that. We had the best week of fundraising last week that we had since june. I think most of you are making too much ado about the story. I am in iowa. I will be in South Carolina at the end of the week. I will be back in iowa again. There are people who can keep a pretty small footprint. I am one of them. You are not going anywhere . I am going a lot of basis. [laughter] and a comments on governor walkers plan on repealing obamacare . Do you think the strategy makes sense . Rick perry i have not looked at it. Youll hear a lot of people say the right things. Repeal and replace obamacare. We have been seeing that for a long time. Obviously, i believe the states are where the decisions need to be made, not in washington d. C. The entire idea that washington can come up with a way to deliver health care that is effective and efficient for new york versus new mexico versus washington, this is not common sense. Let the people in the country the side decide. In the state of texas, we dont consider it to be effective, and we do not judge succes by how many people can be forced into insurance. The more people that have access to the best Holiday Health care you cant, that is why we had the most sweeping reform in the nation. Our people in the state of texas if you want to live in a place that has really high taxes and health care being gostantially restricted, live in that state. That is the beauty of the 10th amendment. Anybody that would rather pick washington over the state will allow them to do that. Responding toople rick perry the campaign is about ideas. The campaign is about solutions. That is why all these people here is what i will tell you and here is what i got. Border control is a great example of that. The security of the border is grea a great example of that. Lets just build a wall may be good political rhetoric but the focus is on how will you secure the border . I think a better way is to put the personnel on the border in the right places with the right numbers. You have a border that has the proper security and fencing in place, most likely in the metropolitan area. The most important aspect of this is the aviation aspect. To an fly from tijuana and is an incredibly long border. With the technology we have today, identify activities that are clearly illegal or suspicious and quickly responding at that point in time. You score the border secure the border, that a lot of away. Issues go i am saying there is a better way. The question you need to be asking is a really good Investigative Reporter is how long will it take . How much will it cost . What will you do about the . Unnels under it there are a handful of questions that come up. Nobody has dealt with this issue more than i have. 14 years as a governor with a state that has a 1200 mile border with mexico, and we have been dealing with this since the 2000s. I say lay it out and use common sense about which one of these can happen quicker, which one is more effective. And dojust build a wall not have the other aspects, that all you have done is spent a lot of time and money. Do you need both . Rick perry we have both if you think about it. When you have personnel, aviation out there, that is a virtual wall. If that is what they are talking about, then easily that out and not just say we need a wall. That is like open change. Open change probably meant Something Different for you than it did for her. Building a wall meet a lot of Different Things to a lot of different people. Lets be specific about how we deal with it. I do not have the opportunity to be nonspecific. I had to have answers to the challenges. I had to have answers for the spatial disintegrating, for the masses coming in from louisiana katrina, for dealing with a federal government that failed to secure the border in texas. That is why i asked people to really take a look and a you want iverson leading this country to have a record of dealing with real challenges and how they are going to respond to them, or do you want to have somebody that talks about ideas . With your plan include building a wall or not . Rick perry what do you mean by wall . You are falling in the trap. Tell me what your wall is. Tell me how long it is going to take and how much it will cost. How long does it take to build a wall . I dont know. Rick perry me neither. That is the point. Until you get down to the individuals, what are you talking about . Americans are tired of rhetoric. They are tired of washington saying they will do something and that they dont. Thats whats going on in this country today. I have laid out clearly a way to secure the border with personnel, with strategic fencing, with Aviation Assets. It will secure the border. Thank you all. We are out of here. You are going to be president and you will not answer my question . Why will you not answer my question . I live in texas. I have a question. Give us some air here. Governor, what do you want the iowan voters to remember from your speech today . Rick perry i want them to know that there are people out there with successful records and Public Service that have a lot to give to this country. Washington is broken. We are mad at washington. Some of us have been fighting washington for a long time with success i might add. We can have a president of the United States that respects the constitution. Dissolve our out of d. C. Compete against each other, you focus on the things you should be focusing on in washington like a strong military, like having our borders secure, and Everything Else will work its way out. People will figure out where they want to live. Either relating to the fear and the real distrust i am relating to the fear and the real distrust. I think the American People deserve a president who will reflect that. , you immigration issue have been on the border and have more experience. Whati want to know is would you do immediately to deal with immigration . Rick perry you have to secure the border. Everything goes back to that. All the discussions we have whether the item you get rid of the 14th amendment or you do here isd almost back to the impact on Public Schools and health care and these are symptoms of the problem. The problem is a poor order. Border. I do not know why washington does not have a desire and will to secure the border. We know how to do this. I think the best way is to put the personnel in the right places, have strategic fencing in the metropolitan areas, but then Aviation Assets that will el paso using to help als technology that will identify what is going on and a Fast Response team that will go in and stop it. That is how you secure the border. It is at that time you see the other issues melting away. The issue of a birthright , and is now whether anyone likes it or not debate. Rick perry then lets have a debate. How long has it been since we have changed the constitution of the United States . Back in the early 1990s. 202 years totook get the amendment. The question is who will quickly address the problem . Is the problem getting to the United States and having children interned for american citizenship . Yes. What is the best way to take care of them . I would suggest stop them from ever coming in illegally. With aviationder assets and the personnel and the fencing. Is there anyway you could support the ending or suspending of birthright citizenship . Rick perry that is not the issue. The issue is how we address people coming here and taking advantage of the 14th amendment. I will let the legal people and lawyers have the conversation about what happens if you do away with the 14th amendment, but i have to live with reality. Years or decades, and i do not have much time. I do not think america is that much time. I think you need to secure the border. If you a quarter secure the border, youll solve the problems. Quit trying to deflect off of the biggest challenge we have dealing with all of this immigration issue, and that is securing the border. If you do not get the border secure, you are wasting the time of the American People. That is what they want to see done. It seems that this issue is dividing the pack of candidates. You are on one side of the other of the note unintended offense no pun intended defense. Rick perry here is where i went. Land. I want to secure the border. Of americans want people who , i am theirlutions guy. I will not talk about it. Thank you, governor. How are you . It is all good. You are looking good in maroon. You going to make your way down . It is on the left side. Thank you for your support. Rick perry thank you. Thank you so much. Looks like our video signal throws up a bit there. We will wait and see if we get it back. Watching former governor rick perry after his speech at the soapbox at the iowa state fair. He spoke with reporters as he made his way through the Iowa Republican area, one of the pavilions there. We continue with your calls. Ken is on the republican line. Go ahead with your comment. Caller i am a supporter of Governor John Kasich. I think governor perry gave a strong speech this afternoon. The late senator ted kennedy said on one of the sunday talk shows one time that the Republican Party is antiminority. Let me take his points and respond to them. Reagan appointed the first Supreme Court justices. Eisenhowerwight issued the Civil Rights Act of 1957. We are not antiimmigrants. We are antiillegal immigrants. Mr. Trump needs to get out of the race. I do not think he will that he should. Host