State of the State address
Mr. Speaker, Madam President, members of the Assembly, ladies and Hoosiers,
Is a series of four special affection for me. This is the number of girls with whom Cheri and I have been blessed. It is the number of months of my birth. It was Duke Snider’s single telephone number. And it is how many times did you give me the honor of this historic event platform.
Four, of course, is also the number of years a certain governor of Indiana and, because none of us can see the future, I would not want this evening to arrive at what could, without my last chance to say thank you, frankly, all of you, your kindnesses and courtesies, but also and especially for the work we have done together.
Based on the things we did together, Indiana has made this evening a strengthening of the rule: economic, fiscal, the efficiency with which it acts on its citizens compassion for the less fortunate. And we have before us, this fourth year, a particular success, as we strengthen the security of families in their homes.
But first a brief report. In all means are important to you, we’ll 2008, a positive impetus. The Hoosiers unemployment rate is the lowest in six years, was all the way back in the economic bubble of 2001. During 2007, for the third consecutive year, all records were broken for new investments and create new jobs come to our state.
On Amazon in Münster to IBM in Daleville to AT & T in Evansville, to really cool Foods in Cambridge City, the company has chosen to all kinds of Indianapolis Indiana and workers on a world of alternatives.
Government is thin and cleaner and more taxpayers well. The size of government was more than 10 per cent more than 4000 employees. Even if we have workers pay more than in previous years, it costs less to taxpayers to ensure compliance with wage and payroll government today as in 2004.
And the heads of government services for taxpayers is verifiable, measurable better. A new occupation of people from outside government has been at work in large and small sections of a government mission to work for men. Twenty thousand single-parent families now receive the child support they are owed. Pensioners are now receiving their first pension without delay. Reimbursement of taxpayers control back in half the time. Two hundred and sixty-five policemen are on the State roads and the fight against crime. There are hundreds of such examples. But let us check only and is a characteristic of all.
Last month, the average time to visit a total of the branch of Indianapolis was the Holy Virgin of license - anyone guess? — Eight minutes, 11 seconds. Federal State, evaluation of customer satisfaction was 96 percent. And it is among those having to adapt to a branch ever.
You can now almost all of your company by mail or Internet, and you get a discount to be done. You can register a new vehicle to the dealer, instead of a second trip to a branch.
If you personally go online and you can see exactly how long the visit is now time for each branch near you. Or you can arrange an appointment, so that when you arrive, you not expect at all.
These improvements do not come quickly or easily. We made a mistake on the way, some experiments malfunctioned and were abandoned. Some changes, like most of the changes in life, causing concern and discontent. But the results are real and dramatic. I am closer to this cite just one example, as most Hoosiers easy to understand if our citizens can solve the Blessed Virgin, they can solve everything.
Due to a stronger economy and enlightened Stewardship government, our financial situation is also deeply better. The bankruptcy three years is far behind us. The state’s debt paid. We have a surplus again, some of them, we can now return to taxpayers in the form of property tax reductions.
The search for savings is a house all day, everyday use, but public finances are in charge once again.
Nobody is satisfied, we are still forever. It is becoming increasingly recruiting jobs, eradication of waste services to improve. But if you do not know at least a little proud tonight in Indiana, you will not be respected.
Take a look in neighbouring countries. It noted that for some time, we have the lowest unemployment in the Midwest? The while unemployment from here, he already any other Midwest state?
Have you noticed that the financial crises in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Illinois? The main tax increases adopted or underway in these places? We are here tonight, met here to discuss tax cuts, the largest state in history; everywhere else the only direction in the discussion.
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