Most important characteristics of the speech. I am the only candidate in this race who can be trusted to run the government efficiently. During my 20 years of experience in state and local government, I have learned that most government spending programs are a waste of taxpayer money. If I am elected governor, you can expect me to slash wasteful government spending, allowing me to lower taxes for everybody in the state. My opponent doesn't share this vision for smaller government. He believes that taxes should be raised on successful businesses just to increase funding for a public school system that is already failing our children. Everybody knows that the problems in our schools are caused by too much government interference; why would we consider giving such a corrupt system even more taxpayer money?