Forbes: LePage welfare quotes inaccurate
Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday told a crowd of 100 people that a Forbes representative told his office the state must cut spending, reduce energy costs and address structural problems — which LePage interpreted as "welfare" — or the state would continue to be "in the cellar" of the magazine's rankings of the best states for business.
Forbes says it told the governor's office no such thing.
"I certainly didn't say anything about welfare costs, which has nothing to do with the ranking that we do," said Forbes senior editor Kurt Badenhausen, who spoke to the governor's office when it called the magazine. "I didn't tell them they needed to reduce energy costs. I told them, basically, the best thing they could do, and that any local government could do, was just to try and create more jobs."
A memo sent last week to LePage from his senior economic policy adviser backs up Badenhausen's version.
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/city/2011/12/16/forbes-lepage-welfare-quotes-inaccurate/1128806
Liar, liar...
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