ONCE AGAIN … IS THIS SOMETHING TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING?
A money-losing, quasi-government agency that runs a military museum in Charleston, S.C. was awarded $2 million this week from the secretive “other funds” section of the South Carolina state budget.
The “Patriots Point Redevelopment Authority” – which already received $8.5 million from taxpayers in the current (FY [...]
Government-Run SC Military Park Gets Another $2 Million
SC Agencies Hoard $166 Million
… AND THAT COULD BE “JUST THE TIP”
Call them “extreme hoarders …” just don’t expect to see their exploits exposed on your television set anytime soon.
South Carolina state agencies entered the current fiscal year holding onto $166 million in surplus general fund revenues, according to data compiled by the S.C. Comptroller General’s office and published [...]
Nikki Haley Tells Her Biggest Lies Yet
SC GOVERNOR TAKES CREDIT FOR PHANTOM ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SPENDING CUTS
For those of you unfamiliar with Nimrata Randhawa Haley, there are two competing narratives at work as it relates to South Carolina’s first term chief executive.
On the national stage we have Nikki Haley – the daughter of Indian immigrants, a “rising Republican star,” a “Tea Party favorite” [...]
Your Money: An (Unfortunate) Update
ANOTHER $379 MILLION OF YOUR TAX MONEY IS HEADED DOWN THE DRAIN
S.C. Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom was late (again) in releasing his annual financial report for state government – a document which once again fails to provide an accurate accounting of how our state’s “Republican” leaders are spending your money.
For example … here’s a simple [...]
Back In The Saddle
SIC WILLIE RETURNS
After eight days spent soaking up the sun on South Carolina’s coast, our founding editor Will Folks (a.k.a. Sic Willie) is back in the saddle …
Did anything happen while he was gone? Not really …
The Palmetto State’s political class continues to obsess over S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s totally underwhelming budget vetoes, with a few narrow [...]
Drop In The Bucket
SOUTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS BICKER OVER “TAX CUT”
Members of the S.C. General Assembly are on the verge of passing the largest budget in state history – a spending plan that will top $23 billion. That represents a $1.1 billion (at least) increase over the current year’s budget – which itself was a $1.3 billion increase over last [...]
Nikki Haley Jousts With Lawmakers On Taxes
GOVERNOR SAYS SHE WANTS “RELIEF,” NUMBERS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley wants State Senators to use a sliver of this year’s growing surplus on tax cuts … but the sad reality is that neither Haley nor members of the “Republican-controlled” S.C. General Assembly are offering anything resembling broad-based tax relief.
In fact, Haley is [...]
$23.3 Billion?
YES … AND COUNTING
The final size of South Carolina’s FY 2012-13 budget has yet to be determined – but we know that when it’s all said and done the spending plan will (once again) be the largest in the history of the state.
Oh … and we also know that most mainstream media outlets in the [...]
SC Budget: “We Are Forcing Them Back”
WELL, THE PRESS ANYWAY
Our favorite political book of all-time (at least until our founding editor’s tome comes out) is the late T. Harry Williams’ 1969 biography of former Louisiana governor and U.S. Senator Huey Long.
Wait … certainly we’re not backers of Long’s “every man a king” brand of socialism?
Of course not … no more than [...]
No Rebate For You!
During the fiscal year that concluded on June 30, South Carolina taxpayers shelled out a record $20.8 billion – and according to the state’s annual report, there was $122.7 million left over.
Did S.C. taxpayers – whose income levels have been ravaged by the recession – see a nickel of that money?
Of course not … because [...]
Federal, “Other Funds” Soar In SC Budget
By FITSNews || When are so-called “cataclysmic” budget cuts really not so bad? That’s easy … when you can make up the money someplace else.
Just ask the GOP-controlled S.C. House of Representatives, which passed a “$5.1 billion” budget last week – a spending plan that (ostensibly) represents an 11.3 percent decrease from the $5.7 billion [...]
The $5 Billion Lie (And $21 Billion Reality)
By FITSNews || By now, you’ve read plenty of newspaper articles, heard plenty of radio broadcasts and listened to plenty of local TV newscasts telling you that South Carolina’s current state budget is roughly $5 billion – oh, and that state lawmakers are friggin’ heroes for the way they’ve managed our state’s finances during this [...]
