Description: http://www.americanprogressaction.org/events/2008/07/fiscal.html The legacy of conservative governance combined with a faltering economy has left our country and many of our states facing a fundamental budget challenge: how to restore fiscal responsibility while making needed investments in infrastructure, energy, health care, education, housing, and elsewhere. Maryland Governor Martin OMalley has been a leader in demonstrating progressive fiscal responsibility and will discuss his efforts to close an inherited $1.7 billion structural deficit, while making critical investments to protect and invest in Marylands priorities. Governor OMalley states, "in Maryland, we have tried to practice a different kind of politicsthe politics of posterityto make decisionssometimes very hard decisionsbased on our shared values, and our desire to choose a better future for ourselves, our children, and our posterity."
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