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" The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.' "
Mitch Daniels
Back
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Life
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" We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves. "
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" And before our current legislature adjourns, we intend to become the first state of full and true choice by saying to every low and middle-income Hoosier family, if you think a non-government school is the right one for your child, you're as entitled to that option as any wealthy family; here's a voucher, go sign up. "
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" No enterprise, small or large, public or private, can remain self-governing, let alone successful, so deeply in hock to others as we are about to be. "
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" Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms. "
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" We don't have a prayer of defeating the Red Threat of our generation without a long boom of almost unprecedented duration. "
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" The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours. "
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" No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others. "
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" Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make. "
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" If freedom's best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come. "
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" The true enemies of Social Security and Medicare are those who defend an imploding status quo. "
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" Our first thought is always for those on life's first rung, and how we might increase their chances of climbing. "
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" If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.' "
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" I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic. "
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" When they call the slightest spending reductions 'painful', we will say 'If government spending prevents pain, why are we suffering so much of it?' And 'If you want to experience real pain, just stay on the track we are on.' "
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" We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish. "
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