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Opinion
S.
C. voters gave governor a big vote of confidence
January
5, 2007
Gov.
Mark Sanford was given a vote of confidence by the majority or
South Carolina voters when he was reelected to a second term.
It’s very likely they liked what he stood for. After all,
cutting taxes and reducing the state’s debt are hard to argue
with. More than that, though, it’s also likely voters better
understood his whole political philosophy and agreed with him
that change, not business as usual, is needed in state
government.
Now that Sanford has introduced the governor’s
budget, which is geared to giving back to the taxpayers
instead of taking more from them, there’s a lot of
throat-clearing and rationalizing going on in Columbia among
lawmakers.
It’s hard to set priorities, certainly, and
reducing the amount of revenue for spending makes it even
harder. Ask taxpayers and lawmakers, though, and you’ll get a
different story. Would anyone care to venture a guess on which
agrees with the governor?
Voters might also have other
thoughts ..... like wondering if setting priorities and making
hard decisions isn’t what running for public office is all
about. When spending is not an issue, though, sometimes the
hard part can be sidestepped ..... and is.
Sanford has made
it an issue, though, and that’s good.
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