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Mitch Daniels on Technology
Republican IN Governor
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Invest $1.2 billion in Hoosier Heartland Corridor and US31
We will press hard to accelerate further the ahead-of-schedule, under-budget delivery of our Major Moves transportation program. In 2012, we will invest $1.2 billion in road and bridge construction, the sixth straight record-setting year. The last
contract on the Hoosier Heartland Corridor will be let next summer and the entire project finished by 2013. The last contracts on U.S. 31 from South Bend through Kokomo will be let this year, and we have accelerated completion of the entire corridor into
2015. I-69 will be open for traffic from Evansville to Crane, as will the entire Fort to Port highway in Northeast Indiana. The Sherman-Minton Bridge will be rebuilt and reopened by March and, upriver, an agreement on a new bridge from Utica to
Louisville will be in place, cementing Indiana's place at the forefront of the public-private partnership movement.
We will build the state's 3,000th mile of bike and hiking trails, and reach our goal of a trail within 15 minutes of every Hoosier.
Source: Indiana 2012 State of the State Address
, Jan 10, 2012
Untie Gulliver: privatize roads & build without fed rulebook
It's time we untie Gulliver. The regulatory rainforest through which our enterprises must hack their way is blighting the future of millions of Americans. Today's EPA should be renamed the "Employment Prevention Agency." After a two-year orgy of new
regulation, President Obama's recent executive order was a wonderment, as though the number one producer of rap music had suddenly expressed alarm about obscenity.
In Indiana, where our privatization of a toll road generated billions for reinvestment in infrastructure, we can build in 1/2 the time at 2/3 the cost when we use our own money only and are free from the federal rulebook. A moratorium on new regulation
is a minimal suggestion; better yet, move at least temporarily to a self-certification regime that lets America build, and expand, and explore now and settle up later in those few instances where someone colors outside the lines.
Source: 2011 Conservative Political Action Conf. Keynote
, Feb 10, 2011
Supports internet sales tax
I support federal legislation that would give states the option to require out of state sellers to collect and remit sales tax on items sold over the internet to Hoosiers as a better means to
ensure collection than each consumer self assessing tax and remitting with their income tax return and to level the playing field for local retailers.
Source: Indiana Gubernatorial Election 2008 Political Courage Test
, Nov 1, 2008
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