Nikki Haley on Energy & Oil

Not now, not ever, support raising the gas tax

I will not--not now, not ever--support raising the gas tax. The answer to our infrastructure problems is not to tax our people more, it's to spend their money smarter. Why would we raise the gas tax to improve infrastructure when all the gas tax dollars we currently collect don't go to improving our infrastructure?

Millions of dollars each year in gas tax revenue are being diverted away from our bridges and our highways. Let's invest more of the money we already have into this vital area.

Source: 2013 State of the State address to S. C. Legislature , Jan 16, 2013

Supports off-shore drilling near South Carolina coast

South Carolina Republican gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley said she would support oil drilling off her state's coast as governor. "But before we go forward I think we need to be very careful going forward that we know exactly what we're walking into and how we're going to do that." Source: Political Ticker, CNN, "Off'shore drilling" , Jun 21, 2010

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