Wes Moore

In the previous 10 years?

Yes.

Seven years before I became the governor.

Seven zero.

It's nuts, right?

And GDP stayed relatively flat.

So I'm like, so hold on.

So we were spending.

We just weren't growing.

Wow.

And so one thing that, so I said, you know, so what do you do to be able to address that?

I frankly just put on my business hat and say, what do you have to do to address it?

You have to control your spend.

You have to increase your top line, right?

You do those two things that actually increases growth.

And so that's what we've had to do.

That's why, you know, like we mentioned for four years in a row, decrease the general fund within the state of Maryland, control your spend.

and actually invest in industries that are going to help you to grow.

So while we've made movements on those things, there is no doubt there's still more that needs to get done.

And there's a measure of urgency that we've got to move at from our state that, you know, for anyone who wants to sit there and say, oh, no, they have it all figured out or any of these people have it all figured out, the answer is no, we don't.