Taft praises Bush’s economic policy
Taft praises Bush’s economic policy
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft was one of several governors to join U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans during a news conference yesterday to talk up the Bush administration’s economic accomplishments.
They said the Bush administration inherited a "Clinton recession," made worse by the 9/11 attack and corporate scandals. Thanks to the Bush-backed tax cuts and other policies, the economy has weathered the storm better than it would have and now the country is "in the early stages of a Bush recovery," Evans said.
On a day when the Republican National Convention focused more on the economy than in the convention’s first two sessions, Taft was on hand to proclaim that Ohio, too, is finally faring better.
In addition to the tax cuts, lowered trade barriers have helped increase Ohio exports, Taft said.
"It is the president’s policies and the president’s leadership that is helping Ohio turn the corner," Taft said. "We need four more years of that kind of leadership if we are going to truly realize the promise and the potential of the economy in Ohio and make sure every single Ohioan has the job which they want and which they need and which they deserve."
— Jonathan Riskind
jriskind@dispatch.com
