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When I was elected Governor, we had an audacious agenda that naysayers said couldn't be enacted with a Democrat majority in the state legislature. However, we worked across party lines and enacted historic reforms. Working together, we cut taxes by more than $600 million.

It's really changed me. For the first time I'm in favor of the Bush tax cuts.

As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending.

In Congress, I was a relentless advocate for fiscal responsibility.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

I was the governor that drew a tough, tough straw. I was governor during the worst recession since the 1930s, and I had to cut $5 billion from the state budget.

I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.

I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime.

Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.