SC Lt. Governor Andre Bauer released the following statement in response to Friday’s report showing South Carolina unemployment rising to 12.6 percent last month, a new record:
“With over a quarter-of-a-million South Carolinians now unemployed, it’s apparent that Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package is a failure; and in fact, the actions of Congress have probably hindered private sector recovery efforts more than they have helped.
I believe South Carolinians must take our local economic matters into our own hands, implementing policies that put people, not government, first – protecting families and small businesses, and getting back to the basic principles that made this country great.
As I saw visibly demonstrated when I visited Massachusetts last weekend: ‘We the people want our nation back!’”