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SC's new gov calls for tax cuts, government trims
Posted: 01.12.2011 at 10:00 AM Updated: 01.12.2011 at 12:45 PM
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A prayer service has begun a day of inaugural activities for Nikki Haley, South Carolina's first woman governor.
(AP) -- South Carolina's new governor says the state must cut taxes and trim the size of government to turn around its lagging economy.
In remarks prepared for her inaugural address Wednesday, Nikki Haley invoked the state's fierce spirit of independence during the Revolutionary War and blamed misguided federal aid for helping to ruin the state budget.
She also says state spending must become more efficient and called for improvements to education. While vague on details, her speech hints at allowing children to attend school outside their home districts. She also renewed her call for lawmakers to record all of their votes on legislation.
Haley took the oath Wednesday to become South Carolina's 90th governor and the first woman to run the state.
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