I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Throughout my career, I have made rooting out public corruption a top priority.
I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.
My focus and that of all members of the Government responsible for delivering services to the public is to make sure that the public sector can use all the skills it needs to do the job the public wants it to do.
My actual statement during the campaign was I want to be the sheriff of Wall Street, Albany and Main Street. I'm going to go after crime and corruption, wherever it is.
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.
For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.
Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment.
My job is to rectify the public finances and hand the country back to the people so they can really have a future, and that is what I will do.
To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.
Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.
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