Henry McMaster: Gas Tax “Not The Answer”
SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR OPENS DOOR TO POSSIBLE VETO OF REGRESSIVE TAX INCREASE … With the legislative debate on the gas tax moving in the wrong...
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Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary: Raise The Debt Limit
HERE WE GO AGAIN … U.S. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin sent a letter to congress this week urging its members to raise the federal debt limit....
SC Economy Dependent On Trade
A BIG CHUNK OF PALMETTO PRODUCTIVITY RELIES ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Years ago we noted the Palmetto State was especially vulnerable to volatility in the European economy....
Myrtle Beach Sex Scandal Rages
TAXPAYER CONNECTIONS PROBED … A Myrtle Beach, S.C. city council member has been accused of having an improper relationship with the head of a local...
Democrat Files For “Fightin’ Fifth”
TAX ATTORNEY JUMPS INTO CONGRESSIONAL RACE … Eviscerated in last fall’s general election, Democrats are nonetheless soldiering on in the South Carolina fifth congressional district...
GOP “Obamacare Lite” Advances
BUT CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION TO “REPEAL IN NAME ONLY” GROWS … As left-leaning Republicans in the U.S. House advance a so-called Obamacare “repeal” bill, opposition to...
State Department Spending: Out Of Control
“FOGGY BOTTOM” IS A GOOD PLACE TO START SLASHING THE FEDERAL BEHEMOTH … As U.S. president Donald Trump and his budget director Mick Mulvaney look for...
Fightin’ Fifth: “Anti-Trump” Debate Moderator Blasted
TOM MULLIKIN REFUSES TO PARTICIPATE IN FORUM MODERATED BY WINTHROP UNIVERSITY POLLSTER … One of the candidates running for South Carolina’s recently vacated fifth congressional...
“Zero Tolerance” Nonsense At SC Schools
ALLEGED “WEAPONS” VIOLATION REVEALS SILLINESS OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOL POLICIES … Late last Friday at a government-run elementary school in Berkeley County, S.C., a fourth-grader with...
1Q 2017 Growth Estimate Slashed
LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN RENEWED OPTIMISM TO GROW THE AMERICAN ECONOMY … So much for all that economic “Trumphoria.”...