Monday letters: Haley needs to match actions to words

First, Gov. Nikki Haley encouraged our legislators to work together to make our state a better place for all. Then a few minutes later, she told those same legislators that unless they approved her road plan, she would veto their bill. In other words, do what I say or else. How’s that for working together?

Then, while talking about bringing us all together, she proposed a tax cut of $55 million to 379 wealthy South Carolinians and nothing — yes, zero — to 1.1 million South Carolinians who don’t earn enough to file income taxes, but do pay the gas tax. Now, that’s really working for all of South Carolina, right?

Instead, I trust and hope that our legislators and the governor will come together as Gov. Haley requested in her speech with an equitable and moral tax plan to fund our infrastructure and the education of our children.

This story was originally published February 8, 2016 at 5:50 AM with the headline "Monday letters: Haley needs to match actions to words."