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
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.
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.
Those are the kinds of things that will be discussed,
We know some people got trapped and we pray they are OK.
We've suffered a grievous blow that we won't recover from for a long while.
The fact is the storm overwhelmed all of the system, ... Now, we're little by little trying to get back. We've turned some corners, but we've got a lot of corners left to turn.
It came in on Mississippi like a ton of bricks. It's a terrible storm.
Today, I saw reporters cry, ... And mayors. And deputy sheriffs.
We're preparing for the worst and praying for the best,
Fred may be right, and I may not have heard it, ... I do not recall his saying that.
I don't think you've seen anything like this, ... We're talking nuclear devastation.
For those people, we are working very hard that if they don't have insurance or if they don't have coverage, that we can come up with a way to help them financially, help to make them whole,
Some people believe state government is being run so efficiently that no money can be saved. I am not one of those people.
Some people are trapped in their homes, but we can't rescue them until the winds die down.