Learn to read and stop embarrassing yourself.
1. Jeb Bush—Florida
Winding up his second term as governor, Bush has signed a tax cut of some kind almost every year he has been in office—from slashing property to intangibles taxes ...
2. Bill Owens—Colorado
“A sterling record of fiscal accomplishment” is how the Cato Institute characterized GOPer Owens’ six years in office. He backed a state tax and expenditure limit, cut income, capital gains and dividends taxes, and resisted raising taxes when his state had a $850-million deficit in ’03.
3. Matt Blunt—Missouri
Backed by Republican majorities in both houses of the state legislature, America’s youngest (36) governor has successfully pushed for tax cuts as well as slashing the size of government.
5. Rick Perry—Texas
.... Perry put through a zero-based budget to deal with a $10-billion deficit in ’04-05 and has maintained his state’s no-income-tax policy. He has proposed a $6-billion property tax cut.
7. Haley Barbour—Mississippi
The former GOP national chairman never veered from his no-new tax, no government-expansion policies
8. Tim Pawlenty—Minnesota
.... Pawlenty cut more than $171 million from the budget to cover a deficit in ’03 and has called for a constitutional limit on the growth of spending. 10. Mitch Daniels—Indiana
.... he nonetheless overcame a $645-million deficit with spending cuts.
That is 7 out of 10 who have either cut taxes, spending, government growth or a combination. Sounds pretty good o me.
The fact that they include Perry's $6 million property tax "cut" that was offset by business and excise tax increases (and will result in a net increase in tax collections) as a tax cut makes me doubt the rest of this articles claims.
I agree, but Bill Owens let us down big time on the amendment c and d issues. I hope it was temporary imsanity as otherwise
he has been a decent governor.