Recently we reported on Governor Haley's search for that most elusive tribe- the core functions of government.
Now she has added a new twist to her previous melange of non-answer answers:
In her news conference Monday, Haley went out of her way to link tax reform to job creation.
She said her main concern in crafting her executive budget was the core functions of government and that she proposed more funding for some of them, including law enforcement and education.
“But what we also knew was my No. 1 agenda item is jobs,” Haley said. “You hear me talk about it all the time. It is all about jobs and the economy, and through every company that I try and recruit here, they always come back to the tax structure.”
“My job is to bring jobs to this state,” she added later, “and the only way I can bring jobs to this state is through tax relief.”
All of which is eyewash. Tax relief doesn't, by itself, make businesses create jobs. If that were true, the second president Bush would have produced full employment for the entire nation.
Tax relief simply means those favored by the party in power pay less in taxes. Period.
Now she has added a new twist to her previous melange of non-answer answers:
In her news conference Monday, Haley went out of her way to link tax reform to job creation.
She said her main concern in crafting her executive budget was the core functions of government and that she proposed more funding for some of them, including law enforcement and education.
“But what we also knew was my No. 1 agenda item is jobs,” Haley said. “You hear me talk about it all the time. It is all about jobs and the economy, and through every company that I try and recruit here, they always come back to the tax structure.”
“My job is to bring jobs to this state,” she added later, “and the only way I can bring jobs to this state is through tax relief.”
All of which is eyewash. Tax relief doesn't, by itself, make businesses create jobs. If that were true, the second president Bush would have produced full employment for the entire nation.
Tax relief simply means those favored by the party in power pay less in taxes. Period.
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