Why Mike Pence Doesn’t Deserve Much Credit For Indiana’s Economic Performance

As Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence took the stage on Wednesday night, he took some time to tout his economic record during his tenure as governor of Indiana.

“In my home state of Indiana, we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes, even while making record investments in education and roads and health care,” he told the cheering audience. “Indiana is a state that works because conservative principles work every time you put them into practice.” He went on to list tax cuts, a growing state labor force, and the creation of “nearly 150,000 new jobs” as evidence of this claim. “That’s what you can do with common sense Republican leadership,” he said.

But he can’t take much credit for the health of his own state’s economy....
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/07/21/3800586/mike-pence-indiana-economy/