Scott McCallum
Scott McCallum
Scott McCallumis an American businessman and former politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 43rd Governor of Wisconsin, serving from 2001 to 2003. Prior to assuming the role of governor upon the appointment of Tommy Thompson as Secretary of Health and Human Services, McCallum served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 May 1950
CountryUnited States of America
The important aspect as we look at this budget, and as we look at previous budgets, is the budget system - what I'm trying to get at is changing budgeting itself in Wisconsin.
There's a lot of stress involved when your house is underwater.
The important aspect shouldn't be whose administration it is, the important aspect should be how does the state of Wisconsin work, what can we do to move Wisconsin forward.
Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business.
I have directed all of my cabinet to work to prepare a transition plan for the incoming administration.
I'm not sure a candidate ever feels his message is getting out.
My goal was never to get re-elected.
Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.
I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.
I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.
My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.
That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor.
I am trying to send directions out and keep control of state government for the final month.