Governor Mitch Daniels (GNLA)
March 20, 2010, 10:45am
Summary:
The search for the 2012 Presidential Candidates continues to stir a heated national debate—insert Governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels. During the years of relative excess in the mid-2000s, while most governors went on spending sprees, he was trimming Indiana’s payroll, slowing the state government’s growth, and turning an $800 million deficit into a consistent surplus. Now that times are lean, his fiscal rigor is paying off: the state’s projected budget shortfall for 2011, as a percentage of the budget, is the third-lowest in the country.
Governor Daniels met with Gen Next Members and guests for brunch on a recent Saturday, where he discussed the need to address certain ‘survival level issues’ facing our country. Fiscal discipline and our mounting national debt are at the top of that list. The key question being asked about California by other states: “Is our propeller about to become our anchor?” California’s woes only exacerbate the national economic issues and cause concern, as other states have historically benefitted from California’s success.
Gen Next would like to thank Governor Mitch Daniels of Indiana for an engaging conversation and for his candor regarding the issues facing California and the Nation.