HIS
HIS CAMPAIGN HE PLAYS UP HIS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, I ASKED HIM WHY HE THOUGHT THAT WAS SO
IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS
TO SERVE IN GOVERNMENT4@ .
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BEEN IN
BUSINESS AND YOU HAD TO PUT
TOGETHER BUSINESS PLANS, YOU
TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU
NEGOTIATE DEALS, YOU TALK TO
PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
ABILITY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE,4@
PERSUADE PEOPLE AND INFLUENCE
PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHERE
BUSINESSMAN EXPERIENCE COMES IN
A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES IN
AUGUSTINE ARE4@4@ DEBATING BILL
SET MY WAY AND THEY SET THEIR
WAY, I HAD4@ THE ABILITY BECAUS
OF MY BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, TO
INFLUENCE THEM, HOPEFULLY TO
OPEN MY EYES TO WHAT I WAS
TR4@YING TO TELL THEM AND
CONVINCE THEM THAT IT'S OKAY TO
MOVE THIS WAY, 4@BECAUSE I THIN
IT'S BETTER OFFER THE STATE OF
MAINE, AND I WILL DO THE SAME
THING IN WASHINGTON .
>> YOUR GREAT ADMIRER OF DONALD
TRUMP, THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO
GO INTO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH
NEITHER POLITICAL4@ NOR MILITAR
EXPERIENCE, HE WENT IN AS A
BUSINESSMAN, DO YOU THINK THAT
THAT HAS SERVED HIM 4@WELL AND
MADE HIM ?
>>4@ THAT'S A STRONG POINT, SAY
THE WAY THE ECONOMY CAME BACK
TO THE POINT WHERE BEING A
BUSINESSMAN,4@ YOU HAD A HARD
TIME FIRING ANYBODY TO HIRE
BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS WORKING
THE ECONOMY GREW TREMENDOUSLY
WITH HIM AS PRESIDENT,4@ AND A
LOT OF THE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
HE USED TO DO THAT.
SO, THAT HIS STRONG POINT,
RUSSIAN .
>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANTED
IF YOU GET TO WASHINGTON TO
SHRINK THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT,
WHERE, SPECIFICALLY WHERE 4@YOU
CUT ?
>>4@ TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN YOU'RE
IN BUSINESS, I GET A FINANCIAL
STATEMENT FOR MY OFFICE
MANAGER, HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY
LINE KNOW WHERE THE EXPENSES
ARE GOING UP YOU HAVE TO FIND 4
WAY TO DO A GOOD JOB, WE DON'T
HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM THAT WE
HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM,4@ THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT
EFFICIENT LIKE A BUSINESS DOES,
YOU GOTTA MAKE A BOTTOM LINE,
THIS4@ COUNTRY CAN A LOT OF
COUNTRIES .
>> LET ME JUMP IN, THOUGH WHERE
SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU , ?
>>4@ WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, I WOUL
CUT WASTEFUL SPENDING, WHICH IS
IN EVERY FORM OF GOVERNMENT, 4@
WASTEFUL SPENDING,4@ YOU HAVE T
BRING FISCAL HAWKS4@ IN THAT LO
AT EXPENSE LINES AND FIGURE OUT
HOW TO RUN THIS COUNTRY BETTER
LIKE A BUSINESSMAN DOES4@ .
>> I'M ASKING, GIVE ME ONE OR
TWO CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF WHERE
YOU WOULD REDUCE SPENDING .
>> I WILL GIVE YOU ONE.
OKAY.
I'VE TALKED TO SOME MILITARY
PEOPLE, I DON'T WANT 4@TO SHRIN
THE SIZE OF OUR MILITARY, ONE
MILITARY4@ TO RUN MORE
EFFICIENTLY AND HOW THEY SPEND
THEIR MONEY.4@
I TALKED TO A MILITARY GOT IT
SAYS HIS BUDGET WAS LEFT OVER,
@ HE IS 100 MEN UNDERNEATH OF HIM
AND THEY HAD SO MUCH MONEY
BUDGETED TO HIM AND IN THE END,
THEY WERE TOLD4@ THAT YOU NEED @
BUY 4@ANOTHER PAIR OF BOOTS, I
DON'T NEED ANOTHER PAIR OF
BOOTS, I'VE GOT THREE PAIR OF
BOOTS .
>> YOU NEED TO GO GET ANOTHER
JACKET, ANOTHER MEAL, STOCK UP
ON SUPPLIES BECAUSE WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT
MONEY, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO
THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE4@ AND
THERE'S PROBABLY TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES ACROSS
THERE WHERE4@ THE MONEY GE4@TS
ALLOCATED, THERE'S MONEY LEFT
OVER IN THE BUDGET4@ AND THEY
SPEND IT SO THEY GET IT THE
FOLLOWING YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, WE DON'T
HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM, WE HAVE
A SPENDING PROBLEM .
>> LET ME ASK YOU OF4@ OUT THE
PANDEMIC YOU BEEN SHARPLY
CRITICAL ABOUT GOVERNOR MILLS,
BEEN ENCOURAGING PEOPLE4@ TO GE
INVOLVED IN LAWSUITS TO GET
MAINE TO REOPEN FASTER TO ALLOW
CHURCHES TO HAVE4@ MASS
GATHERINGS, THESE ARE THINGS
YOU ARE DOING A FEW WEEKS AGO,4
GATHERINGS, THESE ARE THINGS YOU ARE DOING A FEW WEEKS AGO,4@ WHEN GOVERNOR MILLS WAS TAKING
THE A GO SLOW APPROACH TO
REOPEN, NOW IN STATES WHERE
THEY HIT THE4@4@ PEDAL FASTER A
THEY REOPEN MORE QUICKLY, WE
ARE NOW SEEING HUGE SPIKES IN
CORONAVIRUS CASES4@, DID YOU MA
A MISTAKE IN CALLING FOR MA4@IN
GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY FASTER ?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT, THE STATE OF
MAINE4@4@ IS NOT FLORIDA OR TEX
BUT THIS IS COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
THIS IS A RURAL STATE.
THIS4@ ONE FITS ALL APPROACH
DOESN'T WORK EVERY STATE IS
DIFFERENT, DEMOGRAPHICS ARE
DIFFERENT.
LOOK AT THE COUNTY.
WE HAD 12 COUNTIES, THEY HARDLY
HAD A HOSPIT4@ALIZATION, WE HAD
DIFFERENT DESK A THAT'S4@4@
DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER
COUNTIES.
LISTEN, I'M OVER GOVERNMENTS
JOB OF TELLING US WHAT THE
PANDEMIC IS, THE RISK OF IT,
HOW CONTAGIOUS IT IS, HOW WE
PROTECT OURSELVES AND HOW WE
HAVE TO USE COMMON SENSE, WE
DON'T WANT TO SPREAD THIS
AROUND, BUT IT HAS TO BE ABOUT.
AND, I DON'T SEE A BALANCE, I
SEE4@ PEOPLE THAT OF PUT THEIR
WHOLE LIVES INTO THEIR
BUSINESS, TAKING EQUITY LOANS
AGAINST THEIR HOUSE TO START UP
THEIR BUSINESSES, NOT ONLY CAN
USE LOSE THEIR BUSINESS, THEY
LOSE THEIR HOUSE AND FILE