Oscar Lovelace Quotations

If we fail to address America's number one cause of disease and death (smoking cigarettes), we don't stand a chance of controlling health care costs.

But we can't do it if the jobs aren't here. As our new Governor, I'll return cooperation and common sense to state government, and work hard to rebuild our economy.

Unfortunately, the only meaningful dialogue we had with the governor was he came to the press conference.

During the Sanford administration, economic development has come to a virtual standstill, public jobs have been sold to big, out-of-state corporations, and now one of every 14 South Carolinians is jobless.

If Sanford fails to call for property tax reform in the State of the State address Wednesday, the property taxpayers of South Carolina will understand that he is intentionally snubbing the wishes of the people.

Changing the statistics doesn't create any jobs, it merely changes the headlines. Sanford seems more concerned with repairing his own political problem than in solving our state's jobs problem.

The voters deserve an opportunity to hear our differences on the critical issues facing our state, especially the issues of economic development, education, health care, and lowering taxes.

I too believe that a campaign should be about ideas, and trust that you have not changed your position on this important principle.

The Medicaid waiver is the selling out of our $4.6 billion Medicaid program to private, out-of-state HMOs.