“Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.”
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I don't compromise my principles for politics.
And I just think that we're at a point in our economic life here in our state - and - and, candidly, across the country, where increased taxes is just the wrong way to go. The people of our state are not convinced that state government, county government, local government has done all they can with the money we already give them, rather than the money that we have before.
One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124, 000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits. What will we pay him? $3.3 million in pension payments over his life and nearly $500, 000 for health care benefits - a total of $3.8m on a $120, 000 investment.
I think Gingrich has embarrassed the party over time. Whether he'll do it again in the future, I don't know. But Gov. Romney never has.
