We have forged a working partnership with the federal government in responding to floods, blizzards and wildfires, ... I believe that partnership should be extended to include the extraordinary circumstances of this catastrophe.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

This is not a theoretical proposal destined for the archives of state government. This will be carried out,

I knew that good people who wanted to be a part of the American dream have become trapped in dependency because the federal government and the state government had made it in their economic interest not to take a job because the benefits that they didn't work were better. I changed that.

This is a great partnership between the state, local government and an outstanding corporate citizen. It says a lot about our workforce and business climate when companies already here choose to expand.

I characterize it as a continued weakening of the partnership between the federal government and the states and a continuation of a trend that's been going on for several years of cost shifting to the states.