02/20/2011 - Daniels stretches truth a bit (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Niki Kelly and Benjamin Lanka | The Journal Gazette
Gov. Mitch Daniels has been getting kudos coast to coast in recent weeks, especially after a national speech at a significant conference of conservatives.
Congressman Todd Rokita, R-4th, tweeted last week that “Indiana has a balanced budget and we know how to do things right.”
Daniels himself in that speech said Hoosiers practice an old tribal ritual: “We spend less money than we take in.”
Except we don’t really.
The governor has indeed made difficult decisions to cut the budget and kept Indiana in relatively good fiscal health.
But the state has not recently met Daniels’ definition of a balanced budget – ongoing expenditures meeting ongoing revenue.
