Bobby Jindal presidential campaign, 2016/Budgets
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 Bobby Jindal |
Governor of Louisiana (2008-2016) U.S. House of Representatives (2003-2007) |
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- According to an August 7, 2015, report from the Cato Institute, Bobby Jindal was the only Republican governor running for president in 2016 to cut spending in his state.[1]
- According to a 2014 Cato Institute report, "Jindal has been tight-fisted on spending. His recent budgets have proposed spending increases averaging just 1.9 percent a year. State government employment is down 18 percent since he came to office. He also opposes Medicaid expansion under the ACA."[2]
- In 2014, Jindal pushed for the privatization of state-owned hospitals.[3]
- In 2012, the Cato Institute gave Bobby Jindal a fiscal policy grade of "B." According to the report, "General fund spending is expected to be lower in fiscal 2013 than it was in fiscal 2010. And state government employment is down about 10 percent since Jindal came into office in 2008. In 2012 Jindal signed into law major reforms to pensions, which will move new state workers to a 401(k)-style plan."[4]
- In 2010, the Cato Institute gave Jindal a fiscal policy grade of "A." According to the report, "On spending, the governor has consistently proposed reductions to the state budget, with the result that proposed general fund spending is 17 percent lower in FY11 than it was his first year in office, FY08."[5]
- Jindal opposed President Barack Obama’s stimulus package in 2009. He said, "Instead of trusting us to make decisions with our own money, they passed the largest government spending bill in history with a price tag of more than $1 trillion with interest. Democratic leaders say their legislation will grow the economy. What it will do is grow the government, increase our taxes down the line and saddle future generations with debt."[6]
- Jindal voted for HR 4890 - Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006, which proposed amending "the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose the cancellation (line item veto) of any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit within 45 days after its enactment."[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Cato Institute, "Republican Candidates’ Spending Increases," August 7, 2015
- ↑ Cato Institute, "Fiscal Policy Report Cards on America's Governors: 2014," accessed December 10, 2014
- ↑ The Times-Picayune, “Bobby Jindal won't scrap Louisiana hospital privatization model,” May 5, 2014
- ↑ Cato Institute, “Fiscal Policy Report Cards on America’s Governors 2012,” accessed November 21, 2014
- ↑ Cato Institute, “Fiscal Policy Report Cards on America’s Governors 2010,” September 30, 2010
- ↑ Washington Post, “In GOP Response, Jindal Blasts Stimulus,” February 25, 2009
- ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.4890," accessed February 20, 2015
