Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
Haley Reeves Barbouris an American Republican politician who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, from 2004 to 2012. He was given a national spotlight in August 2005 when Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997. Prior to holding elective office, Barbour was a lobbyist and co-founder of the Washington lobbying firm BGR Group. which he again joined after his service as governor. Barbour also co-chairs the Bipartisan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
We do need the federal government's help. We need them to be a good partner, but we don't need a takeover,
Those are the kinds of things that will be discussed,
We know some people got trapped and we pray they are OK.
There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes.
The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.
When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's taxes. We did it because we had more taxpayers with more taxable income. That's how you get the revenue up. We did that without raising anybody's taxes.
We know that there is a lot of the coast that we have not been able to get to, ... I hate to say it, but it looks like it is a very bad disaster in terms of human life.
We believe the damage in Mississippi the federal government should help pay for is less than $50 billion, ... It may even be in the 30s.
We will rebuild bigger and better than ever. It's going to take some time, and people have to be patient.
I worry that we had a little hurricane fatigue, ... People boarded up for Ivan, evacuated and nothing happened. Then they boarded up for Dennis, evacuated and nothing happened. I think until very, very late, a lot of people thought, 'Ah, I'm not going to do that again.'
We haven't looked at it as, I'm going to be whiny, and I'll get more, or, I'm going to act like Tarzan, and I'll get more. We've been saying, what do you need to do to get the job done?
We have learned the hard way that making them float on water is not a good idea.
There is incredible evidence that the casualties are more than 50, maybe 80, ... and it seems likely that that's not the end of it. It may be higher, maybe substantially.
This storm is going to have a statewide effect. This is not a coastal storm, ... we are talking about a 30 foot wall of water. Take this seriously.