Arkansans could lead the way to end the nation’s economic downturn, Gov. Mike Beebe told the Arkansas Home Builders Association members Friday.

“We’re a family and we’re in this together,” he said. “I’m not going to paint you a picture that things are rosy, but I’m going to tell you we are going to come out of this.

“We’ve got to proliferate the idea that fear is what got us into this thing and we’ve got to start extolling the virtue of our state, extolling the relative position we’re in and changing the mindset of Arkansans so you are proud of who you are, what you are...

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