“The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars.” BelieveSeemsGovernmentJobsPresidentClassEconomicMiddlePaidDollarsExperimentsRecoveryMiddle ClassSincerelyBorrowedTrickle DownEconomic RecoverySpedGovernment Jobs Author:Mitch Daniels
“We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.” WayBelieveGovernmentBenefitsPrivate LifeGovernment Work Author:Mitch Daniels
“We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to leave that money in the pockets of those who earned it, than to let it burn a hole, as it always does, in the pockets of government” ShouldDoeHas BeensGovernmentTaxesAccountsHolesSavingBudgetsPocketsBalancedSavingsCollectingSavings Accounts Author:Mitch Daniels
“All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.” PeopleMenStillsSelfGovernmentGivenBornLibertyEnemyMen And WomenCapacityDignityCoreMortalsEnterprisePearlsAutonomousSelf-governmentMortal EnemiesWomen Of God Author:Mitch Daniels
“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.'” IfsWantRealGovernmentPainSufferingTrackPainfulSpendingReductionGovernment SpendingReal Pain Author:Mitch Daniels
“Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.” NeedsGovernmentBehaviorSurgeryFederal GovernmentModificationObeseBehavior Modification Author:Mitch Daniels
“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.” YearsRealGovernmentEnergyGrowthBoardsContributionWeedCommitteesChokeAdvisory Author:Mitch Daniels
“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.” GovernmentThreeNationsEconomyFourHugeDollarsDebtThriveEntityFederal Government Author:Mitch Daniels
“We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish.” LittlesImportantGovernmentChurchClubsMissionsLeagueRealmsEnablingLittle LeagueFostering Author:Mitch Daniels
“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.” IfsThinkingFirstsChildrenStatesGovernmentSchoolChoicesMiddleLowsCurrentsIncomeYour ChildrenWealthyEntitledLegislatureVouchersHoosiers Author:Mitch Daniels
“I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.” ShouldBelieveChildrenGovernmentAbuseInjurySpheresLimited GovernmentProtecting Children Author:Mitch Daniels
