State workers answer the phone with, “It’s a great day in South Carolina” because the governor, the Tea Party favorite Nikki R. Haley, wants them to. Democrats are trying to pass a bill prohibiting the greeting unless it really is a great day in South Carolina, which to them means the unemployment rate will have dropped by half to 5 percent and everyone will have access to health insurance.
Source: The New York Times
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