American - Politician | April 15, 1974 -
When you have kids as cute as mine - offsetting my features - you need to highlight them.
Walker Stapleton
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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Legislators should demand that we not go through the entire pension reform debate just to apply a band-aid when this patient needs a quadruple bypass.
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I don't think Congress, in general, has done a good job articulating to the American public how inextricably linked our credit markets are to our entire economic system.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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The state treasurer has authority to weigh in and take leadership roles on taxing and spending legislation.
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Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.
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If you just give somebody a blank check without any deliverables associated with that, you're not going to get the improvements that you want to get.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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