HOW MUCH CASH CAN WE SAVE PALMETTO STATE TAXPAYERS?
Politicians in South Carolina love to talk about how they create “savings” in government. There’s only one problem: In the Palmetto State, there’s no such thing as “government savings.”
For the past two years (here and here), the “Republican-controlled” S.C. State Senate has refused to create a “taxpayer [...]
The Pile: It’s Your Money, Take It Back!
Hoosier Sense
TAXPAYER REBATES IN ACTION
Taxpayers in Indiana are getting a credit toward their income tax returns as a result of a rebate bill pushed last year by Gov. Mitch Daniels. According to the terms of Daniels’ rebate legislation, married couples filing jointing in the Hoosier State will get an extra $222 next year.
All told, that’s $360 [...]
SC Taxpayer Rebate Fund Killed … Again
“REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED” STATE SENATE ONCE AGAIN SHOOTS DOWN FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE REFORM
South Carolina’s State Senate has rejected yet another effort to create a rebate fund for taxpayers.
By a vote of 24-18, the Palmetto State’s “Republican-controlled” Senate rejected a proposal introduced by Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) that would have created the “Tax Relief Reserve Fund” – a mechanism [...]
Catherine Templeton Has “A Beautiful Mind?”
YES … BUT CAN IT CREATE BEAUTIFUL SAVINGS FOR TAXPAYERS?
Fair or not, the knock on S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) director Catherine Templeton at her last government job was that she didn’t always put in a full day at the office.
She even acquired the nickname “Part Time Templeton,” although it was later [...]
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Grab Your Ankles, SC Taxpayers
While the South Carolina economy is far from healthy (click here and here), its tax collections have picked up a bit from the nadir of the “Great Recession.”
That’s why there was a $120 million surplus in the 2010-11 budget, $1.3 billion in new money appropriated in the current (2011-12) budget and an estimated $1 billion [...]
On Glenn McConnell’s “Fiscal Fitness Committee”
Fearing for his political life – and quite possibly his powerful leadership post – S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell is once again paying lip service to fiscal issues (and reaching out to fiscal conservatives in the State Senate) as he prepares to craft spending reform legislation.
One of the Senators approached as part of this effort [...]
A Fiscal Litmus Test … Failed
Members of the South Carolina Senate will vote later this week on a record-shattering $22.1 billion state budget – but before appropriating this massive sum, they’ve already rejected the notion of giving you any of that money back.
In the process, they’ve also dealt a crushing blow to true spending transparency in South Carolina.
Last Thursday, the [...]
Making “Savings” Real For S.C. Taxpayers
By FITSNews || How many times have you heard a politician or government official claiming to have “saved” you money?
It happens all the time.
In fact, it happened six weeks ago in South Carolina when the House of Representatives “saved” $261 million by sustaining several dozen budget vetoes issued by Gov. Mark Sanford.
Of course if you [...]
