Sarah Palin
McCain/Palin Rally
Lee's Summit, MO 09/08/08
TRANSCRIPT: SARAH PALIN: So we got back to basics and we put government back on the side of the people. I eliminated taxes on personal property. I eliminated taxes that were hurting small businesses. Property taxes were just too high so I cut rates every year I was in office and these reforms worked and we took off. As Governor, I brought the same agenda of positive change then to the state. We took on the old politics as usual in Juneau and we broked [sic] the monopoly that controlled our state and that was the special interests and the lobbyists surrounding the big oil companies. We came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of closed doors, self dealing. Today that ethics reform is the law of the state. And you know, as Mayor and as Governor, I tried to lead by example. So, as Mayor, I took a voluntary pay cut, which didnt really thrill my husband. And then as Governor, I cut the personal chef position from the budget, which didnt really thrill my kids. And then, I put the state- the government state checkbook- I put it online for all the world to see. Youre going to see every penny that we spend. Doing that didnt thrill all the bureaucrats, but okay. And then the luxury jet, it came with the office, but I put it on eBay. I came to office promising to control spending, by request if possible, but by veto if necessary. Today, our state budget is under control. We have a surplus. I put the veto pen to almost half a billion in wasteful spending. We suspended the state fuel tax and now that we have a surplus, and Im returning a chunk of that surplus straight back to the people because they can spend it better than government can spend it- give your money back to the hardworking Alaskans and in these tough times, Im ready to help John McCain bring tax relief to all Americans. I champion earmark reform youre going to hear about this from the Senator to stop Congress from wasting public money on these that dont serve the public interest. I told Congress, thanks but no thanks for that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted to build the bridge, we would build it ourselves.
LABEL: JM MO 09-08 (LF#9) AKG - ClipB
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