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Senators To Haley: “Go Big” With Veto Pen

Several fiscally conservative S.C. Senators tell FITS they have met privately with S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and urged her to “go big” with her veto pen. “We told her she needs to go big this year,” one of these Senators told FITS. “And we told her we can sustain her…

Several fiscally conservative S.C. Senators tell FITS they have met privately with S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and urged her to “go big” with her veto pen.

“We told her she needs to go big this year,” one of these Senators told FITS. “And we told her we can sustain her vetoes this year.”

Haley is in the process of reviewing the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year – which begins on July 1. We’ve been told she plans to wield a bigger veto axe this year – of course it would be hard for her not to do so.

Last year Haley issued only seventy-four budget vetoes totaling less than $60 million – or one quarter of one percent of the state’s $23 billion budget.  The previous year she cut just $213 million – or less than one percent of that year’s $22.1 billion spending plan. Fiscal conservatives tell FITS they want to see Haley slash between $400-500 million – starting with a $24 million appropriation for expanded government-run preschool.

Will she hit that mark? We’ll know by next Tuesday, the deadline for her to submit her proposed cuts …

In fact Haley has until midnight on Tuesday to deliver her vetoes to the S.C. General Assembly – which will start voting “aye” or “nay” on her proposed cuts the following day.

Unlike previous years, Haley’s vetoes have a real chance to be sustained this year given the growing number of fiscally conservative lawmakers in both chambers. Of course it only takes one-third of one chamber to uphold a budget veto.

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34 comments

Oh, God No! June 21, 2013 at 9:53 am

Again, that’s like asking Haley to shave an inch off a penis.

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shifty henry June 21, 2013 at 10:40 am

—- ask 9″ about that!

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shifty henry June 21, 2013 at 10:48 am

Two five year old boys are standing at the potty to pee.

When one says, ” Your thing doesn’t have any skin on it!”

” I’ve been circumcised.” Says the second boy.

” What does that mean?”

“It means they cut the skin off the end.”

” How old were you when it was cut off?”

” My mom said that I was two days old.”

” Did it hurt?”

” You bet it hurt, I couldn’t walk for a year!”

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Oh, God No! June 21, 2013 at 9:53 am

Again, that’s like asking Haley to shave an inch off a penis.

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shifty henry June 21, 2013 at 10:40 am

—- ask 9″ about that!

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shifty henry June 21, 2013 at 10:48 am

Two five year old boys are standing at the potty to pee.

When one says, ” Your thing doesn’t have any skin on it!”

” I’ve been circumcised.” Says the second boy.

” What does that mean?”

“It means they cut the skin off the end.”

” How old were you when it was cut off?”

” My mom said that I was two days old.”

” Did it hurt?”

” You bet it hurt, I couldn’t walk for a year!”

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Queen of Hearts June 21, 2013 at 10:08 am

“Join the movement” vote out Haley!
“It will be a great day in SCV!”

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Queen of Hearts June 21, 2013 at 10:08 am

“Join the movement” vote out Haley!
“It will be a great day in SCV!”

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? June 21, 2013 at 10:48 am

If someone wants her to “go big” with a veto pen, then that someone should be out shopping for the biggest dildo pen they can find.

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Smirks June 21, 2013 at 10:48 am

She could at the very least grandstrand and make HUGE cuts that she knows the legislature will reverse.

Oh, I know! Take some piglets into the State House too!

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? June 21, 2013 at 10:48 am

If someone wants her to “go big” with a veto pen, then that someone should be out shopping for the biggest dildo pen they can find.

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Smirks June 21, 2013 at 10:48 am

She could at the very least grandstrand and make HUGE cuts that she knows the legislature will reverse.

Oh, I know! Take some piglets into the State House too!

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Vanguard16 June 21, 2013 at 11:10 am

Yessire, we need more small government so we have more kids infected with TB and hacking!!

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? June 21, 2013 at 11:15 am

Small gov’t = TB for kids

lol…brilliant

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Vanguard16 June 21, 2013 at 12:42 pm

DHEC sat on their asses for 2 months instead of having kids tested!!

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? June 21, 2013 at 1:23 pm

Yea, God forbid their parents get them tested.

You just proved why DHEC shouldn’t exist to start. Their incompetence will never be “fixed”. Better for people to take personal responsibility.

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Scrappy June 21, 2013 at 5:52 pm

Preach On Brother!

Vanguard16 June 21, 2013 at 10:14 pm

Pretty sure their parents didn’t know b/c SC DHEC didn’t tell them until two months late!

TontoBubbaGoldstein June 21, 2013 at 9:10 pm

Soooo….you think it* is small now….but you worry about what would happen if it* got EVEN smaller?

Somehow, I bet BigT/GrandTango can relate**…..

….

…..

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* SC’s GOVERNMENT, you perverts!!

** Nothing to do with SC’s government…..

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Vanguard16 June 21, 2013 at 11:10 am

Yessire, we need more small government so we have more kids infected with TB and hacking!!

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? June 21, 2013 at 11:15 am

Small gov’t = TB for kids

lol…brilliant

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Vanguard16 June 21, 2013 at 12:42 pm

DHEC sat on their asses for 2 months instead of having kids tested!!

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? June 21, 2013 at 1:23 pm

Yea, God forbid their parents get them tested.

You just proved why DHEC shouldn’t exist to start. Their incompetence will never be “fixed”. Better for people to take personal responsibility.

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Scrappy June 21, 2013 at 5:52 pm

Preach On Brother!

Vanguard16 June 21, 2013 at 10:14 pm

Pretty sure their parents didn’t know b/c SC DHEC didn’t tell them until two months late!

TontoBubbaGoldstein June 21, 2013 at 9:10 pm

Soooo….you think it* is small now….but you worry about what would happen if it* got EVEN smaller?

Somehow, I bet BigT/GrandTango can relate**…..

….

…..

…..

* SC’s GOVERNMENT, you perverts!!

** Nothing to do with SC’s government…..

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Dinosaur June 21, 2013 at 11:26 am

Hey, who came up with the photo for this piece? Must have been an ex-government employee. Looks like some people have trouble telling a probe from a ball point pen.
However, maybe a “cattle prode” would be better to use on the legislature than a pen.
In this case if “the pen is mightier than the sword” it looks like we are comparing a rusty safety “pin” to a sword.
I see by the comments you draw a lot of the people who befieve that government should take care of people from the tip of the penis to the last shovel of dirt on the grave.

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Dinosaur June 21, 2013 at 11:26 am

Hey, who came up with the photo for this piece? Must have been an ex-government employee. Looks like some people have trouble telling a probe from a ball point pen.
However, maybe a “cattle prode” would be better to use on the legislature than a pen.
In this case if “the pen is mightier than the sword” it looks like we are comparing a rusty safety “pin” to a sword.
I see by the comments you draw a lot of the people who befieve that government should take care of people from the tip of the penis to the last shovel of dirt on the grave.

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Marie Harrison June 21, 2013 at 11:58 am

From the photos I’ve seen, looks like she already went big.

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Marie Harrison June 21, 2013 at 11:58 am

From the photos I’ve seen, looks like she already went big.

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MGTT June 21, 2013 at 4:55 pm

Nimratter should go big with my…Well, you know…

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MGTT June 21, 2013 at 4:55 pm

Nimratter should go big with my…Well, you know…

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CorruptionInColumbia June 21, 2013 at 7:41 pm

I hope she vetoes that big chunk of change they allocated for another early childhood indoctrinatio…, er, education program.

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CorruptionInColumbia June 21, 2013 at 7:41 pm

I hope she vetoes that big chunk of change they allocated for another early childhood indoctrinatio…, er, education program.

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