haley and her entourage spent at least, at least $127,000 on a trip to europe in june in search of, quote, jobs, jobs, jobs. the first place nikki haley decided to go to look for jobs for south carolinians was, of course, paris. a place that every republican knows is full of people who want to set up businesses in south carolina. perhaps the "let's go looking for jobs in paris" strategy explains why nikki haley's state has a higher unemployment rate than the national average, almost twofold percentage points above the national average. renee dudley's reporting details how nikki haley chose to stay in five-star hotels and run up a bar bill at the paris ritz, provoking the south carolina democratic party chairman, dick harputlian to be quoted in renee dudley's article as saying,