Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
Haley Reeves Barbouris an American Republican politician who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, from 2004 to 2012. He was given a national spotlight in August 2005 when Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997. Prior to holding elective office, Barbour was a lobbyist and co-founder of the Washington lobbying firm BGR Group. which he again joined after his service as governor. Barbour also co-chairs the Bipartisan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
We do need the federal government's help. We need them to be a good partner, but we don't need a takeover,
We got hit by the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
To me looting is about the equivalent of grave robbing, ... We're not going to stand for it.
We're very hopeful that some really good ideas will be put forward,
We're going to be fine at the end of the day, ... but the end of the day's a long way away.
We're preparing for the worst and praying for the best,
To that end I am proposing an agenda that can be summed up by three words: Momentum, UpGrade and Streamline. We must continue our Momentum in job creation and economic growth, UpGrade education in this tough budget period and Streamline that budget back into structural balance.
This storm is going to have a statewide effect. This is not a coastal storm, ... we are talking about a 30 foot wall of water. Take this seriously.
We know some people got trapped and we pray they are OK.
When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's taxes. We did it because we had more taxpayers with more taxable income. That's how you get the revenue up. We did that without raising anybody's taxes.
The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.
There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes.
We've actually got utility crews in from Canada.
We've turned a corner. We're well into the cleanup phase now. We're focusing on the future for the state of Mississippi.