Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told Turning Point USA’s America Fest on Friday about what will underpin America’s golden age.
America may be on the cusp of a golden age, but Americans still have to choose it for themselves. “As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, we ought to ask the question: What is America going to be like in the next 250 years?” Roberts asked the crowd of 10,000.
For Roberts, that question is in response to another question Roberts fields as he travels the country.
“The most common question that I’m asked as I travel the country,” Roberts told the audience, “is, ‘Kevin, are you still optimistic about the United States?’”
“I give them three answers,” Roberts said. First, “how could you not be optimistic given all of the great successes of the Trump-Vance administration?”
“The second reason is,” Roberts continued, that “the future of America is actually here at America Fest.”
“The third reason is,” Roberts added, “don’t discount that God hasn’t given up on the American republic.”
“There are four big ideas that we’re working on,” Roberts said, previewing Heritage 2.0, a mission recently announced by the think tank that looks forward to America’s next 250 years.
Heritage 2.0 encompasses four main policy ideas:
- The American Family
- The Dignity of Work and the Future of Free Enterprise
- National Security
- The American Heritage and Citizenship
“We have to be focused on the future of the American family,” Roberts said, in “all of our policies.”
“We have to make sure that we are focused on the dignity of work and free enterprise,” Roberts continued, because “those of you who are in college or high school or just out of college know that the free market, as great a concept as it is, has been dominated by corporate welfare—by the big companies being in collusion with big government.”
To that, Roberts said, “We need you, and small businesses, to be the successes.”
For Roberts, national security is not just international, but “when we walk out of our own front doors in all of the cities where we live.”
Finally, Roberts said American heritage and citizenship seeks to answer the question, “what does it mean to be an American?”
Prior to Roberts’ speech, the conference watched an ad made by The Heritage Foundation honoring Charlie and Erika Kirk.
The golden age “is a choice to prioritize families and empower local communities,†the ad says, accompanied by soaring music and a montage of American scenes. “A choice to find dignity in prosperous and honorable work. A choice to prioritize our nation’s safety, protecting our homeland and standing strong against foreign threats. A choice to cherish the greatest gift we’ve been given—waking up every day an American citizen.â€
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