Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Responds To SC Job Situation
Unfortunately there were two big blows for South Carolina this week: Caterpillar will be ceasing opeYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
Unfortunately there were two big blows for South Carolina this week: Caterpillar will be ceasing opeYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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THis guy has my vote. I wish he could win because this is what the state needs.
Why what did he say he would do? He is almost as unqualified as the current dress shop bookkeeper running things now.
She is loving all the negative stuff. Many children, who never felt loved, crave any attention…both positive and negative. Sad really.
Lack of experience didn’t stop Obama from leading the community organization wave, whipping up a legion of newly registered voters that had never cared about politics in the past. At least if this guy gets elected it will be by people that are informed.
Maybe your issue, Jay, should be less with Obama’s ability to galvanize so many new voters and more with the inability or disinterest of others to do so. Seems pretty American to me to encourage EVERYONE to participate in the political system. If you are disgruntled with the outcome of the Obama campaign’s ability to motivate people to do so and ultimately win, maybe you should also be disappointed in those who share your view points who had no desire to previously or were unwilling to do so outside of their own comfort zones.
I respect your difference of opinions. I admire your belief that voters should be informed. Unfortunately, however, our system isn’t designed to see who can get the most “informed” voters to the polls. That’s the way it is. Obama didn’t create the system. And this wasn’t new information to anyone at the time that he got elected. Those who have a problem with it should either change the system or learn how to work with it to promote the candidates, ideals, or whatever it may be.
Happy Thursday!
You’re right, I don’t hate the player I hate the game. How does 97% of a demographic ALL vote in the same favor though? Oh wait, I think I know!
My comment was meant to highlight the fact that you don’t need to have much, if any, experience in politics to be elected. That’s the beauty, and potential demise, of our political system.
Anyone, anything is better than Haley!
” Touchee ” Anybody, even Tango !
As always, the Devil is in the details. Unless French has a plan to replace the revenue from a state income tax, he is just another “starve the beast” wannabe.
French says,“I would much rather emulate Gary Johnson’s governorship than Nikki Haley’s,” French said. “In his eight years as governor of New Mexico Johnson averaged an 11 percent job growth rate…”
Gary Johnson may have been a great governor(1995-2003) during a period of several balanced federal budgets and strong growth( at least until 9/11) during the Gingrich/Clinton/Bush era, but Haley’s jobs performance during a very anemic recovery beats Johnson.
Using Will’s link to BLS LAUS in Haley’s Job performance article, I made the following calculations using simple growth and compounded per year. This table doesn’t display correctly.
JOB GROWTH
********** Years Percent Per Year Annual Rate
Haley 3.25 5.38 1.65 1.62
Johnson 8.00 11.62 1.45 1.38
As you can see during a very challenging economy, Haley’s performance surpasses Johnson’s by .024% per year in job growth.
Vote as you always do.
Caterpillar’s not leaving SC because of our (super low) income tax.
Libertarians are stupid.
With those Carhartt overalls, there is no way he can lose.
Didn’t even look at the article, but the inclusion of his wife in the photo made me click on this articles link!