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Political notes from Free Press staff writers Terri Hallenbeck, Sam Hemingway and Nancy Remsen
1.23.2008
Two takes
Peter Galbraith took a field trip to the Statehouse yesterday. Escorted by Democratic Party Chairman Ian Carleton and Executive Director Jill Krowinski, he met the cast of Democratic state legislators. He spoke to the Democratic caucus just before Gov. Jim Douglas gave his budget address. In that speech, Galbraith blamed the Republicans, Douglas included, for the current state of economic affairs, noting the plunging stock markets. "At home and abroad, we are surely reaping what we have sowed with the Republican policies of the last eight years." An hour later, Douglas was taking credit for the fact that Vermont is not in as dire a financial situation as other states.
"Five years ago - as I stood at this podium to deliver my first budget address - Vermont was mired near the bottom of a global economic slowdown. Our economy had stalled, our government had overpromised and Vermonters were demanding a change from business as usual. Together, we took immediate action to spur job creation, focus on affordability, resist tax increases and restrain spending. ... We emerged from that slump a stronger state - with more Vermonters working than ever before, with poverty down, with health care for more families and with opportunities for our people more bountiful than ever." Which is it, then? - Terri Hallenbeck
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