In South Carolina - a state where white Republicans have officially run things into the ground - thank God for black Democrats. Specifically, thank God today for the Reverend-Senator Darrell Jackson, who is leading an effort to have the legislative session in South Carolina shortened by three months
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Budget “Cuts”
After growing government by more than $2 billion over the last four years, all that taxpayer strangulation finally caught up with S.C. lawmakers today. In proposing $331 million in additional "cuts" to deal with declining state revenues, leaders of the House Ways & Means handed out spreadsheets
Read story »SC Lawmakers Confirm Monday Return
Confirming reports we received last week, the clerk of the S.C. House of Representatives has officially summoned state lawmakers back to Columbia this coming Monday to deal with South Carolina's rapidly deteriorating revenue situation. Given that the revenue shortfall we're facing is entirely of the
Read story »Emergency Session Set For October 20
South Carolina lawmakers will reconvene the week of October 20 to begin addressing budget reductions necessitated by plummeting state revenues, sources tell FITS. The state's revenue estimates were chopped once again earlier this week by the Board of Economic Advisors, which said more cuts are needed
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With South Carolina economic forecasters expected to slash revenue estimates again when they meet later this week (in all likelihood triggering an emergency session of the S.C. General Assembly) we figured now was as good a time as any to bring everybody up to speed on how we got where we are. It's
Read story »Poll Alert: SC Doesn’t Want New Taxes
In news that will no doubt result in a tiny Socialist tear falling from the eye of Comrade Hugh Leatherman, it turns out the vast majority of South Carolinians are (surprise) opposed to tax hikes - even those specifically aimed at providing additional funding for things like infrastructure and public
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