This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Monday, October 5th, 2020.

I'm Caleb Brown.

The Biennial Cato Institute Governor's Report Card for Fiscal Policy is out today. One of the best grades

goes to Chris Sununu, the Republican Governor of New Hampshire. I spoke with

Governor Sununu last week about Fiscal Policy, COVID-19, and the relatively unique nature of what he calls the

New Hampshire Advantage.

It is pretty awesome for, I'm not going to lie to you, I went to MIT and I didn't get many

A's there. It was as an engineer, but to get an A, I am honored. It's, look, it's, it's, the Cato Institute. it's one of the most respected a well-renowned

organizations in the world when it comes to just good civics good public service good fiscal

responsibility so anytime that you're doing right by them public service, good fiscal responsibility.

So any time that you're doing right by them

in terms of fiscal discipline and management,

whether it's in the public or the private sector,

that's a great takeaway.

And I think it definitely means,

it doesn't mean we don't have more work to do right

but we're on a good track and I'm very proud of that.

New Hampshire doesn't have a personal income tax it's regarded broadly as a low tax state

but it does have a business profits tax and a business enterprise tax.

What has happened to those taxes in recent years?

They've gone down.

So the Democrats keep coming in and they

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