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Damaged Crops: What’s Government’s Role? 23 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES FOR THE STATE’S BIGGEST FARMS ARE MORE LAVISH THAN YOU MAY REALIZE South Carolina received quite a bit of rain recently, causing damage to, and a loss of yield for, several crops...
More “Incentive” for Welfare or Work in S.C.? 21 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
Politicians love to tout job creation through business “incentives” — but is there an incentive to take these jobs? Given the dismal unemployment rates both on the national and state levels (8.1 perc...
The Militarization of the Police 15 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
POLICE OR SOLDIERS? Since the expansion the drug war of the 1980s – and especially since the attacks of September 11th, 2001 – local police forces have been enthusiastically adopting military weap...
“Creating Jobs” Isn’t the Point 13 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
THE CREATION OF VALUE IS Although the role of government would appear to be a controversial topic in the political sphere, there’s one role commentators on both the left and the right seem to agree ...
Tax Collection: Law Enforcement’s New Role? 9 Aug 2013 | 08:17 pm
TO PROTECT, TO COLLECT, AND TO SERVE You know the feeling – the feeling you get when you return to your parked car and see the dreaded neon-colored slip of paper tucked under your windshield-wiper. ...
Income Mobility in South Carolina 8 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
How S.C. Policies Keep Citizens in Poverty The New York Times recently reported on a new study finding that income mobility in South Carolina is severely limited. Income mobility, as its name implies...
Is South Carolina Really All That ‘Pro-Gun’? 2 Aug 2013 | 12:37 am
OUR LAWS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU A great deal of coverage was given recently to South Carolina’s successful wooing of Connecticut gun manufacturer PTR Industries concentrated on state officials’ – and esp...
You’re Invited! 1 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
When was the last time you gathered with South Carolina patriots just for fun? If you’re like us, it’s rare. We stay so busy fighting the corrupt political class we never seem to find time to just g...
Reforms Pass in North Carolina … But Not Here 31 Jul 2013 | 11:55 pm
THE REASON HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IDEOLOGY It’s a tale of two legislative sessions. In one state, lawmakers passed significant tax reform that lowers tax rates across the board, took a meaningful ste...
Why Did Reform Die in 2013? 26 Jul 2013 | 08:09 am
WHEN THE ISSUE IS THE PRESERVATION OF POWER, REFORM HASN’T GOT A CHANCE In 2013, despite all the rhetoric with which the legislative year began, lawmakers failed to pass a single reform. The question...
