Here’s The Common Sense Contract May 19, 2008
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DISCUSS AMONGST YOURSELVES, PEOPLE
FITSNews - May 19, 2008 - Twenty-one Republican State House candidates unveiled a “Common Sense Contract for Change” earlier this afternoon in Columbia, outlining reforms to South Carolina’s tax code, budgeting process and government structure designed to give taxpayers more of their money back and “end the cronyism that has held us back as a state for decades.”
“Legislators in Columbia like to take credit for cutting taxes, but all they’ve done is swap them from one pocket to another while growing government by billions of dollars in the process,” Senate candidate Tom Davis said in unveiling the contract. “On top of that, they’ve gone against local interests while preserving a totally outdated and inefficient structure of government.”
We haven’t read the contract yet because we’re in the middle of watching Max and Ruby (editor’s note: Ruby and Max ), but our guess is it’s probably better than the work product that the so-called “Reform Caucus” put out a few months ago. Of course, we could have wiped our asses on a piece of foam board and it would’ve been better than the reforms proposed by that bunch of mouth-breathing incumbent ass clowns.
Anyway, here’s a list of who signed the contract in the event you can read really sloppy handwriting …
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I hope every one of these candidates wins in November. The current legislature has put the state on a “bridge to nowhere” and we’re going to have some serious decisions to make in the next 4-8 years. Better it be distinguished businessmen/women than the current bunch of political hacks!
nfah,
Hacks and egocentrists. You could take the total number of years worked on private industry of that group as a whole, then divide by the number of “candidates” that signed it and you would end up with a single-digit number. That is the problem. In SC, politics is a career(well paying) rather than, “public service”. For Bob Jones’ sake , please have a career in private business before “running for office”.
Your state sucks and always will, period.
I make a pledge that if I ever drink enough liquor to pickle my brain and decide to move back to SC then, I will run for office. My platform will be one bill changing the state’s name to; Friggintardistan.
Just how much do you think politicians in SC make? Or are you implying some sort of illegal financial gain?
SC Sucks is full of crap and I hopes nobody buys (he or she) enough liquor to move back to SC! We damn sure dont want em back. You got to stick with the process and fight and hope you can get good people elected who really care enough to make the changes. These guys do want to do the right thing!
This is the same ass backwards way of a tax pledge…people who sign something prior to an election and then lock their vote up for the next 2 years. There are folks who signed the no tax pledge that genuinely want to vote on a cigarette tax increase, and their district polls in excess of 70% in favor, but because they were shortsighted and locked their vote into some bizzare 2 year pledge, they can’t even vote the way of their constituents…this is just another election year gimmick drummed up by the governor’s old hack…
RAVENEL SAID ON SLED TRANSCRIPT:
“You know,I,I swear to God I don’t have any problems”
http://media.thestate.com/smedia/2008/05...
http://media.thestate.com/smedia/2008/05...
Ravenel’s drug partners included a board of directors member, real estate developers, someone “from a very affluent family with vast property ownership throughout the state,” and a pharmaceutical salesman.
…”one of his key suppliers was in the wine business …Pasquale Pellicoro has been charged but is a fugitive …has returned to his native Italy”
“Ravenel also dished on some in his cocaine circle”.
“He referred to one man as “well studied … a good father.” Yet the convicted former state treasurer said, “I just think he’s just kinda maybe a poor leader.”
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/4066...
Well, I see a couple of Spartanburg folks are on this list. Lee Bright is smart as a box of rocks (glass half full vision) and Joey Millwood is a box of rocks.
So yeah. Here’s to hoping THEY WIN.
Woohoo. Go South Carolina!
Really though, if Tom Davis wants to move SC forward why would he line himself up with the likes of these people?
Common sense my ass.
Dumb ass, well yeah. Picture perfect.
That’s a combined total of 21 candidates for both houses. That left out a lot of people - are you saying a majority of GOP legislative candidates are opposed to reform? Who invited these people and what was the criteria for being invited?
They better hope these people win, because the ones they shoved aside will probably hold this sort of selectivity against them if elected.
At least one candidate at that event had been rather outspoken against past restructuring initiatives. If the “Contract” dumbasses didn’t do their homework to find out which one, then I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces when they find out the hard way, should that candidate win.
Some people will say or do anything to get elected. Others will believe whatever they want, regardless of reality. Both kinds deserve each other.
Huh, hey howie, can your guys give me some money, I will sign whatever you want. Just make me viable this go around. And, uh, can I hire my brother in law, he really needs a job, he’s for school choice too. Yeah, I will sign. I don’t care, just give me some money. Thank you, sir.
What did the incumbents say when Tom Davis etc. asked them to sign the contract?
Why did Tom Davis invite the guy running against Greg Ryberg? Thought they were tight as ticks. Maybe sic invited him.
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