THE PRESIDENT SHOULDN'T SHUT
DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS.
MAJORITY IN LOUISIANA DISAPPROVE
OF YOUR JOB.
WHY IS THAT A LAUNCHING PAD?
>> I DON'T CARE ABOUT POLL
NUMBERS.
I NEVER HAVE.
I WAS ELECTED IN LOUISIANA TO
MAKE GENERATIONAL CHANGES.
LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN
LOUISIANA.
NOW WE HAVE CUT OUR STATE BUDGET
26%, CUT THE NUMBER OF STATE
EMPLOYEES 34%.
WE HAVE THE BEST PRIVATE SECTOR
ECONOMY IN A GENERATION.
OUR ECONOMY HAS GROWN TWICE AS
FAST AS THE NATIONAL ECONOMY.
MORE PEOPLE WORKING THAN EVER
BEFORE AT A HIGHER INCOME THAN
EVER BEFORE.
WE TRANSFORMED THE CHARITY
HOUSE.
THAT'S THE THIRD WHEEL IN
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
STATE WIDE SCHOOL CHOICE.
IF I WERE TO RUN -- I HAVEN'T
MADE THAT DECISION.
IF I WERE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT,
IT'S BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN OUR
COUNTRY THE AMERICAN DREAM IS AT
JEOPARDY.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS DEFINED THE
AMERICAN DREAM AS MORE
DEPENDENCE ON THE GOVERNMENT.
WE NEED TO RESTORE THE AMERICAN
DREAM.
IT'S MORE ABOUT OPPORTUNITY AND
GROWTH AND NOT REDISTRIBUTION.
>> ONE PART OF YOUR RECORD --
YOU HAVE NEARLY A $1 BILLION
HOLE IN YOUR BUDGET.
YOUR DEFICIT HAS GROWN.
YOU DID A BIG TAX CUT AT THE
BEGINNING OF YOUR TERM AS
GOVERNOR.
REVENUES HAVEN'T FOLLOWED.
>> THAT'S NOT TRUE, CHUCK.
THE BILLION DOLLARS IS THE
ASSUME WE GROW.
OUR BUDGET HAS BALANCED EVERY
YEAR.
I HAVE HAD EIGHT CREDIT UPGRADES
IN THE RATINGS.
WE HAVE BALANCED OUR BUDGET
EVERY YEAR WITHOUT RUNNING
DEFICITS, WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
>> YOU HAVE TO.
>> WE NEED TO DO THAT IN D.C. AS
WELL.
WE HAVE MADE TOUGH CHOICES,
UNLIKE D.C.
WE CUT SPENDING $9 BILLION.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CUTTING
GROWTH.
WE CUT OUR BUDGET BY $9 BILLION.
WE HAVE BALANCED OUR BUDGET.
WE HAVE DONE IT BY GROWING THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 80,000 JOBS,
MORE THAN $50 BILLION IN PRIVATE
INVESTMENT COMING INTO OUR
STATE.
WE ARE -- OUR ECONOMY IS DOING
SO WELL, WHEN I WAS ELECTED, OUR
WORE ARE I WAS WE WERE LOSING
OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
TODAY OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS
FILLING ALL THESE GREAT JOBS.
>> GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL, YOU
WILL DECIDE BY THE NEW YEAR.