Mitch Daniels isn’t a riveting speaker. He’s short. And he has a bad comb over. But we understand why the people of Indiana have elected him governor twice.
“Despite the terrible national economy, Indiana remains in vastly better shape than most states and any of our neighbors. We have over a billion dollars in reserves and a triple A credit rating. Anywhere else, any reserves are long gone. They’re slashing education by as much as ten to fifteen percent. They’re releasing convicts from prison early. And worst of all, when families are struggling, they’re raising taxes.”
“There’s only one reason we are so different – because we have held government spending down to a level of our income. But if we lose our sense of discipline now, in no time we’ll look just like Michigan or Illinois or, heaven forbid, California.”
He sums it all up by saying, “Add a dollar, cut a dollar. And no tax increases.”
There’s no question which party he belongs to, is there?
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From NY, Indiana I love you, but you must start to make recycling convenient for all your residents. We owe it to our children.
“The problem with Public Service Unions is that they can come to the bargaining table, hand over a few million in campaign funds to their political supporters and demand more benefits in return. If the politician doesn't bow to Union pressure then he/she loses the Union funding and could lose the next election. The losers in this process are taxpayers, legislation is geared to favor Unions and the end result is higher taxes to fund Union workers. In the old days it was a crime for crime bosses to buy off politicians, what happened?”
Simple. The crime bosses *became* politicians.
Mitch Daniels is a good man and Indiana has one of the most strict illiegal alien policys of all the states , and look at how prosperous they are ! California needs a governor such as Mitch , who will not give in to the liberal socialist science project , and is not afraid of hurting peoples feelings .
Solid midwest values. I'd vote for this guy for anything.