Gov. Haley Open to a Compromised Roads Plan

Gov. Nikki Haley warned lawmakers again Thursday that she won’t approve just any proposal to get more money to fix South Carolina roads. She said she will veto any plan that doesn’t provide some sort of tax cut.

“They might as well not waste their time,” Haley said of any plan that doesn’t have tax relief. “We just won’t go there at all. We’ll let everything fall to the wayside before we allow the people of South Carolina to see a tax increase.”

The governor also reiterated at a news conference that she is willing to compromise. In her State of the State address Haley suggested a 10-cent per gallon increase in the gas tax, coupled with a 2 percentage point cut in the state income tax rate. She has said before she is willing to adjust those numbers or look at alternatives.

Both the House and Senate are working on their own plans. The version created by a special House committee would keep the gas tax the same, but start charging sales tax on fuel and combine that with an income tax cut to raise about $400 million extra a year. Haley’s plan also has been introduced in the House.

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