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===Big-Business Advocate, "War on Rural South Carolina"===
With her previous involvement in [[ALEC]], support of the private sector, and commitment to lowering taxes, Haley has strived to bring manufacturing and business back to South Carolina. However, Haley supported the shut down of unemployment claims clinics in 17 of South Carolina's poorest counties because of the lack of funding in 2013, but added, "It's a good thing when you downsize government." <ref> Shain, Andrew [http://www.thestate.com/2013/02/05/2619865/dems-says-gov-nikki-haley-has.html#.URG8zlrHe5I Dems say Gov. Nikki Haley has declared war on rural SC] The State, February 5, 2013 </ref>
====Union Busting and "Union Thugs"====
===Busting Unions===
Haley believes a highly-unionized state will counter her efforts to attract big businesses to South Carolina, similar to [[Scott Walker]]'s efforts to eliminate unions in Wisconsin. In a FOX News interview with Gretchen van Susteren, Haley stated her support for Walker's actions and her hope for South Carolina to conform more to Wisconsin's anti-union legislation. <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/2012/05/24/decency-takes-beating-along-nikki-haley-pinata Decency takes beating along Nikki Haley pinata] FOX News, May 24, 2012 </ref>
During the same interview, Haley spoke of her hatred of union "thugs," and her plans to bust unions in South Carolina, after viewing a video of an opponent hitting a pinata with her image: <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/on-the-record/2012/05/24/decency-takes-beating-along-nikki-haley-pinata Decency takes beating along Nikki Haley pinata] FOX News, May 24, 2012 </ref>
:"This is typical of union thugs. And I will tell you in, the past week, the Dems have come after me with a racial slur and the union thugs have hit me with a pinata."
:"I'm not going to stop beating up on the unions. I'm not going to stop beating up on the Democrats for wasteful spending."
:"There's a reason South Carolina's the new "it" state and it's because we're a union buster and it's because we continue to be fiscally responsible and business-friendly. And there's nothing the Democrats or the unions can do to make me change that."
:"It just shows the stark difference between businesses and unions and how they handle -- unions tend to bully and they boss and they try and get their way."
===The "Nightmare" Affordable Care Act===
