LAWMAKERS MUST REFORM CODE, RETURN REVENUE TO TAXPAYERS
By Tom Davis || In 2006 the South Carolina General Assembly responded to outcry from over-taxed homeowners with a law that eliminated school funding from their property tax. Unfortunately, that’s only half the story. When lawmakers passed Act 388, they didn’t cut our overall tax burden, but expanded [...]
Tom Davis: The Right Way To Fix Act 388
Davis Letter: The Budget And Control Board Must Go
Dear Editor,
My colleagues and I have been debating H.3066, the Department of Administration Bill, for much of the legislative session this year. This is a bipartisan issue but more importantly a good government issue. Our founding fathers created our government in a manner that would allow for checks and balances. These checks and balances are [...]
Tom Davis: Haley Wrong On Jasper Port Claims
By Tom Davis || I agree with Gov. Nikki Haley that too much time has been spent debating whether she influenced the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) to approve an environmental permit for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). She is South Carolina’s chief executive, and she has the right to voice [...]
Tom Davis: State House “Favor Factory” Driving Unemployment
By Tom Davis || More bad news today from the SC Department of Employment and Workforce: Our state’s unemployment rate moved up (from 10.5 percent to 10.9 percent) in July, even as the nation’s trended down (9.2 percent to 9.1 percent). Also South Carolina’s average per capita income remains stubbornly low at approximately 80 percent [...]
Tom Davis: A “Conservative” Budget?
By Tom Davis || You know it must be early summer in the Palmetto State when our politicians start bragging about how conservative they’ve been with your tax dollars. You know the drill: The South Carolina General Assembly passes a budget larger than the previous year’s and overrides gubernatorial vetoes, and then Republican legislative [...]
