Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels endorsed John Boehner’s debt ceiling proposal today, saying it’s a step in the right direction that would demonstrate our good intentions to Americans and the world.
“I hope the Indiana Congressional Delegation will support Speaker Boehner’s proposal,” Daniels said in a statement. “The terrifying, nation-threatening debt levels caused by past and present overspending and future overpromising will not be solved by any one action or in any one year.
“But the Boehner plan begins in the right place, with real spending restraint and would show Americans and world markets that we do not intend to commit financial suicide. I hope Congress passes it and then begins work immediately on step two of our long march back to national solvency and economic prosperity.”
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Daniels, who served in the George W. Bush administration as director of the Office of Management and Budget, has previously referred to the debt as the “new red menace” and called it the single most important issue facing the country at the moment.