From: Adams, Chaney
<ChaneyAdams@gov.sc.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015
12:59 PM
Subject: Gov. Nikki Haley: “They just
ran up the credit card debt and reversed everything we've been doing”
February
25, 2015
For
immediate release
Contact:
Brian Symmes, 803-673-9437
Gov. Nikki Haley: “They
just ran up the credit card debt and reversed everything we've been doing”
COLUMBIA,
S.C. – Governor Nikki
Haley today discussed a budget proposal that would burden South Carolina
taxpayers with a half a billion dollars of new debt. She asked budget writers
to instead consider a low-tax and low-debt budget that respects the taxpayers
of the state.
“Look at what
we've done with our credit card debt every single year. It was very important
to drop the credit card debt for the hard working taxpayers of South Carolina
so that they realized that not only were we trying to bring jobs and put money
in their pocket, we were trying to reduce our credit card debt. So if you look,
you see we've made some really great progress. I was proud of what we had done,
and I was proud of what we were going to do going forward,” said Gov. Nikki
Haley. “In our budget this year we wanted to reduce our credit card debt $40
million more. That's not what happened in Ways & Means when it came out.
Not only did they not reduce the $40 million that we wanted, they raised it $40
million more. They just ran up the credit card debt and reversed everything
we've been doing.”
Watch video of
the event here: http://goo.gl/d3MbYj
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