What Is Nikki Haley’s Tax And Budget Platform?

Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who appears to be winning increasing support among Republicans in the race for her party’s 2024 presidential nomination, is running on a fairly standard GOP tax and budget platform. But it includes important twists and some inconsistencies with her record as governor.

She backs big tax cuts for individuals and small businesses but opposes what she calls “corporate welfare.” She says she wants to balance the federal budget and lays out some general ideas for reducing Social Security benefits but has described few other specific spending cuts. And her unspecified tax cuts would make balancing the budget much more difficult.