Palmetto State Democrats dropped a boatload of depressing economic data on Gov. Nikki Haley this week, challenging her oft-touted job creation claims and setting the stage for a furious debate over the state of the South Carolina economy heading into the 2014 election.
“Despite Governor Haley’s many press conferences, the harsh truth of South Carolina’s economic situation under her failed leadership is apparent,” S.C. Democratic Party spokeswoman Kristin Sosanie said in policy memo released Monday.
In addition to this week’s depressing Kids Count data – and last week’s less-than-stellar state jobs report – the Democratic memo highlighted several other recent studies showing that the Palmetto State’s economy “recovery” isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be.
For example, the memo highlighted a 2012 Pew Center report ranking South Carolina third-worst in the nation in terms of economic mobility. It also highlighted an April 2013 study from MoneyRates.com showing South Carolina as the fifth-hardest state in the nation in which to earn a living.
Left out of the Democratic release? The state’s abysmal 58.9 percent labor participation rate – which is well below the national rate of 63.4 percent (itself at near three-decade lows).
Haley – who opposed “corporate bailouts” as a candidate in 2010 – has built her economic development strategy around these crony capitalist giveaways. In fact she’s been their biggest cheerleader, which is why the liberal S.C. Chamber of Commerce – which opposed her three years ago – is poised to support her reelection bid.
Does government subsidized “economic development” work?
Yet Haley and South Carolina “Republicans” continue to pick winners and losers in the marketplace … while hypocritically railing against anyone who opposes such subsidies as being “anti-business.”
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As long as the GOP has Obama, to compare Haley to, Sheheen is $#!* out of luck…
SC is actually faring OK, because it has REJECTED as much Leftwing policy as it can…but when the idiots who voted for Obama, get their checks in Jan 2014, and see ALL the money taken to pay for Obama-Care…I will LMAO, after I quit crying over the Scam Obama has pulled…
Who’s gonna shave those bunions for you BigT?
SC is actually faring OK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQuGEj2l_Ek
So you’re finally admitting Obama is a TOTAL F*#* up….
Plain and simple…she has no clue what she’s doing, just like being the bookkeeper for Exotica.
Plain and simple…she has no clue what she’s doing, just like being the bookkeeper for Exotica.
If she had any honor, she would emulate LBJ and not seek, nor accept, her party’s nomination for governor in the next election.
Don’t really think a single soul in that family knows a thing about honor.
If she had any honor, she would emulate LBJ and not seek, nor accept, her party’s nomination for governor in the next election.
Don’t really think a single soul in that family knows a thing about honor.
This is obviously news. When have those out of office, in this case Democrats, ever assailed those in office, in this case Republicans?
This is obviously news. When have those out of office, in this case Democrats, ever assailed those in office, in this case Republicans?
This is one shit hole of a state.
This is one shit hole of a state.
This is not news. All politicians are in office to assure their own reelection. All politicians spend the money of their constituents based on what is good for the politician, not the constituent.
The out party ALLWAYS assails the in party for economic incompetence. That is why the in party ALLWAYS spends tax money to attract business to the state.
Notice, I used in party and out party. The republicans are in now, but the democrats did the same when they were in, and the republicans did the same when they were out.
Slickster thinks this is news because, well, I don’t know why.
This is not news. All politicians are in office to assure their own reelection. All politicians spend the money of their constituents based on what is good for the politician, not the constituent.
The out party ALLWAYS assails the in party for economic incompetence. That is why the in party ALLWAYS spends tax money to attract business to the state.
Notice, I used in party and out party. The republicans are in now, but the democrats did the same when they were in, and the republicans did the same when they were out.
Slickster thinks this is news because, well, I don’t know why.
Four more years!
Four more years!
South Carolinians dont care about this stuff.Keepin the Blacks and Hispanics in their place is what counts here!
Recent news item: SC leads the nation in percentage increase in Hispanics over the last decade.
South Carolinians dont care about this stuff.Keepin the Blacks and Hispanics in their place is what counts here!
Recent news item: SC leads the nation in percentage increase in Hispanics over the last decade.
“You want fries with that?”
“You want fries with that?”
Compare her record to Obama’s
Compare her record to Obama’s
Nikki was in Aynor yesterday taking credit for the move of gun manufacturer PTR Industries from Connecticut.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/06/24/3553807/officials-celebrate-gun-maker.html
Nikki was in Aynor yesterday taking credit for the move of gun manufacturer PTR Industries from Connecticut.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/06/24/3553807/officials-celebrate-gun-maker.html