legislative goals

Contradicting himself at every turn:

The flawed ideology of "tax more, spend more and regulate more" that has led to a $3.7 billion budget shortfall must stop. It's time state government follows the example of hard-working North Carolinians during tough economic times

It's the "tough economic times" of a global recession that led to the budget shortfall, not the so-called "flawed ideology" of former leadership. And that global recession was brought about thanks to the Republican-led deregulation of the financial sector. Your inability to track causality of our problems speaks volumes about your aptitude for solving them.