Letters: Haley has no compassion for farmers

Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of the farmers’ aid bill should disturb all South Carolinians who care about our farmers. Most of us are dependent on farmers for our daily bread. As a bumper sticker says: “No farms, no food.”

Yet Haley, a Republican, has shown no compassion for farmers who are in distress through no fault of their own.

Sadly, Gov. Haley seems unable to make a distinction between farmers who grow our food and who are at the mercy of the weather, and other groups seeking help from the government.

The Republican Party is not what it used to be; nor are many politicians who call themselves “conservative.”

If our government can’t help people in need, what good is it?

As a Republican state senator once declared, “Sometimes it is necessary to put our principles aside and do what’s right.” Thanks to the Legislature for overriding the governor’s ill-advised veto.