Indiana Governor speaks at Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce luncheon

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When better economic times come to America, Gov. Mitch Daniels wants business opportunities to appear first in Indiana.

“We want Indiana to be well-positioned to be the first place people go when they have enough money and enough confidence to try to grow,” Daniels told about 220 members of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce on Thursday during a public policy briefing at The Landing on Terre Haute’s north side.

“Indiana is fighting back against this recession, more successfully than other states,” he said, shortly after his presentation.

“That is no consolation when so many people are hurting and out of work. If we continue to be careful about our tax dollars and make some of the hard calls that we would rather not make, we will be one of the few states that does not raise taxes and therefore is more attractive when jobs do start coming back to the American economy,” Daniels said, after the luncheon.