up to the highest level in american history and then saying, why don t we freeze it there, is almost laughable. given the scale of the challenges we face. you have to cry instead when you think of the people suffering because of it. when i came in as governor, obviously state is a smaller entity. i recognized we couldn t keep spending up and meet obligations. we said we re not going to slow done the growth of spending or freeze it, we are going to cut spending. reduce state expenditures in a series of programs. there are some things like safety, public safety that have to be protected. this is a time when we ve got to be cutting back on the excesses of government and encouraging the private sector, small businesses, entrepreneurs to know their confidence in the future should be real and solid given sent activities for hiring, investing growing. two years with the wrong direction has cost a lot of people a lot of pain and
up to the highest level in american history and then saying, why don t we freeze it there, is almost laughable. given the scale of the challenges we face. you have to cry instead when you think of the people suffering because of it. when i came in as governor, obviously state is a smaller entity. i recognized we couldn t keep spending up and meet obligations. we said we re not going to slow done the growth of spending or freeze it, we are going to cut spending. reduce state expenditures in a series of programs. there are some things like safety, public safety that have to be protected. this is a time when we ve got to be cutting back on the excesses of government and encouraging the private sector, small businesses, entrepreneurs to know their confidence in the future should be real and solid given sent activities for hiring, investing growing. two years with the wrong direction has cost a lot of people a lot of pain and