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SOUTH CAROLINA’S DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT DEBATES IMMIGRATION, THE BUDGET
FITSNews - May 8, 2008 - First of all let’s get the obvious point out of the way - when you’ve grown government by more than 40% over the last three years, a $180 million shortfall really doesn’t count as a “cut.” Sure, South Carolina’s various bloated and results-challenged state agencies are going to bemoan this year’s “budget reductions” as such, but don’t be fooled by their protestations. All they do is bitch.
South Carolina lawmakers have been dumping your money into state government at an obscenely unprecedented clip lately - and once again they’ve got absolutely nothing to show for those billions and billions of new taxpayer dollars. Our people are still poor as dirt and stupider than dirt. Not to mention fat and dangerous.
Of course, instead of actually doing something to fix these problems, our elected officials - including Gov. Mark Sanford - have decided to take the easy way out and blame it all on those damn illegal aliens, apparently forgetting the fact that South Carolina’s biggest economic engine pretty much depends on illegal immigration to function.
Anyway, lawmakers are spending yet another day today “debating immigration,” bickering back and forth about one failed system versus another failed system - cutting each other’s asses on an issue that’s not even South Carolina’s responsibility to legislate in the first place.
We hate to borrow a phrase from a certain infamous State Senator’s drunk tank tapes, but somebody really does need to “get off their lazy ass” and actually do something to address this state’s legitimate needs. Oh, and while they’re at it we’re diabetic and could really use some water over here, too.
Comments
By oeofoiler on May 8th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
It was the Immigrantants that saved the City of Charleston over $ 100,000,000.00 for the Birdge, Because the Black and the whites were to lazey. And Glen Mcconal was one of those Ex-Shipyard IRO Manager whom used the ” Secret Files” to harm employee’s check his background out also as you attack scott and Mike Rose.
By anonymous on May 13th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
South Carolina has the nation’s least expensive prison system and…
…has 1,500 fewer officers than it should”.
Mississippi spends more than South Carolina.
“the South Carolina Department of Corrections can’t pay its bills, and the agency is considering closing some facilities”…”Lately, the South Carolina agency has made ends meet by using salaries from unfilled positions to cover its operations”. …”The Agency …is mulling closing three minimum-security facilities that prepare inmates for release”.
“Red Ink” is also tied “to criminal justice agencies, with $6 million of that linked to deficits at the Department of Juvenile Justice, the State Law Enforcement Division and two other agencies charged with prosecuting and defending people”.
Looks like the SC Prisons, Criminal Justice Systems, Juvenile Justice, SLED, and other agencies are all under funded. Now, let’s see, what does South Carolina rank the highest in again? Oh Yeah, …we ranked the highest in violent crime in the nation. Think about that, little ole South Carolina, the highest in violent crime in the nation. What’s up with that? I think it’s just as hard to be the highest as it would be to be the lowest. Either way, it takes alot of work.
BTW, where is the Govendevelopnor?
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/403245.html