Matt Blunt on Tax Reform

Republican MO Governor

No new taxes; and streamline government

Blunt's spending cuts helped produce a surplus ($80 million) this year. His no-new-taxes approach improved the business climate and drove down unemployment.

Blunt is not a political visionary, but a traditional conservative determined to hold down taxes and streamline government. And Blunt subscribes to a simple rule of politics and life: No pain, no gain.

Blunt said, "The new budget is balanced without new job-destroying taxes and without borrowing or accounting gimmicks."

Source: Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard May 22, 2006

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