He believes we need to reform government spending.

He believes this will bring some fiscal accountability to the federal government. It does that without raising taxes and at the same time is helping as many of those in need as possible.

This [mining sector reform] must be executed in a manner that is beneficial to mining companies as well as government, particularly at this delicate stage where we want to be perceived as willing to be part and parcel of the global community.

At the end of the day, we have to get this right.

Every time we raise federal spending, universities go ahead and raise tuition. Are the students ever going to get ahead?

That doesn't mean that the goals are not worthwhile, but how they are executing this plan is problematic. There is no sense penalizing a museum like the Plains Museum because somebody else is counterfeiting. The message we sent was to find another way to achieve your objective.