Dear Liberty Activist, As a Christian, I firmly believe a man’s faith and his values are something we need to take into deep consideration when choosing the next President of the United States. Earlier this week, I decided to endorse Ron Paul because, like me, Ron Paul is a Baptist and a man
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“Full Spectrum” Conservatives In SC Back Paul
U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum brags about being a "full spectrum" conservative in his television ads, but it's U.S. Rep. Ron Paul who is receiving the support of elected officials in South Carolina who fit that description. In fact, as reported exclusively on FITS earlier this week, a trio of fiscal/ social
Read story »Kevin Bryant: A “False Choice” For Conservatives
By Kevin Bryant|| The upcoming Republican Presidential primaries have reinvigorated the now long-standing diversion of how a candidate can appeal both to social conservatives and fiscal conservatives. Conventional wisdom remains that the successful candidate must walk a tightrope at best or inflate the
Read story »SC Debt Hole
South Carolina's state government is constitutionally prohibited from running deficits - but that restriction (which isn't always followed) doesn't apply to local governments. Now ... how deep a hole have these county and municipal leaders dug for themselves? According to the latest data from
Read story »Additional Lawmakers Say Haley Misled Them
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley's office misled multiple state lawmakers as she sought their support for a legal motion backing her authority to call an emergency session of the S.C. General Assembly. Haley's attempt to force lawmakers back to Columbia, S.C. was shot down on Monday by the S.C. Supreme Court
Read story »SC Budget, Imbalanced
After six weeks of acrimonious debate, the S.C. Senate finally passed its version of the FY 2011-12 state budget on Tuesday - although in a last-minute rush to approve this record-setting $22.1 billion spending plan it failed to include a required "balancing amendment." The South Carolina Constitution
Read story »Bryant: A Hand Up, Not A Handout
By Kevin Bryant || During the budget debate in the South Carolina Senate I made the illustration that South Carolina Medicaid is a "Mercedes insurance plan." In my pharmacy I work with hundreds of health insurance plans and none offer benefits comparable to our Medicaid system. Hard working South
Read story »SC Budget: Still Growing, But No Relief For Taxpayers
South Carolina's record-setting state budget is poised to grow even larger this week ... presenting S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and the Palmetto state's "Republican"-controlled General Assembly with a major political problem. At $22.1 billion (and counting), the current version of the state spending plan
Read story »SC Senate: Brawlin’ On A Budget
A handful of fiscally conservative S.C. Senators are trying to block the passage of a record-setting $22.1 billion budget the hopes of winning several key pro-taxpayer concessions. Among their "demands?" An up-or-down vote on a spending cap that would rebate surplus revenues back to the taxpayers
Read story »The Draft Pencers
It sounds like the name of a barber shop quartet, doesn't it? Anyway, as we reported on Tuesday a group of S.C. lawmakers led by Rep. Kris Crawford and Sen. Kevin Bryant are mounting an effort to "draft" U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana) into running for president in 2012. (To read our original
Read story »Leatherman Sounds Tax Hike Trumpet
S.C. Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman - the Palmetto state's "Godfather of Pork" - sounded the tax hike trumpet during a publicly-funded trip to Arizona this week. While attending the National Conference of State Legislatures fall forum in Phoenix (on your dime), Leatherman declared that disproportionately
Read story »Read The Bills, SC
In addition to his proposed cap on state spending, S.C. Sen. Tom Davis has pre-filed another eminently sensible piece of reform legislation for the upcoming session of the S.C. General Assembly. Along with State Senators Phil Shoopman, Shane Massey, Lee Bright, Kevin Bryant, Larry Grooms and Mike
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