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After Loss, Romney to Release Tax Returns

22 January 2012

So, show of hands: who really thought that former Massachusetts Governor and current GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney would win South Carolina? My hand will stay firmly by my side. I expected Romney to lose South Carolina. I also still fully expect him to get the nod from the party at the GOP Convention despite [...]

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As South Carolina Goes, So Does the Nation?

15 January 2012

This week, the eyes of the nation turn to South Carolina. No, not for the 37th Annual South Carolina Square and Round Dance Convention (though who among us doesn’t enjoy a good line dance?). They’ll be watching the South Carolina Republican primary, to be held on January 19, 2012. I know what you’re thinking: why [...]

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Gun Tax Holiday Under Fire

17 June 2011

Every November, after the turkey has been eaten and the cranberry salad has been attacked with vigor, Americans sit back and realize: it’s time to go shopping. Black Friday – the Friday after Thanksgiving – is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year. The prospect of sales and promotions lure shoppers into stores to [...]

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SC Says No to Amazon.com: What Now?

28 April 2011

So wow. Color me completely shocked. Okay, not completely. But shocked. South Carolina legislators said no to Amazon.com’s bid for a sales tax exemption. And it was a big no. The vote wasn’t even close: 71 no votes to 47 yes votes. It was a pretty sound denial. The plan, as outlined a few days [...]

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Amazon Does Cayce: Will Porn Keep the Online Giant Out of SC?

25 April 2011

Amazon.com is upping the stakes in its quest to avoid sales tax on online sales. The online sales giant has promised to build a distribution center in Cayce, South Carolina (just west of Columbia) that will reportedly create 1,200 jobs in the first year alone. But. And it’s a big but. The company wants assurances [...]

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SC Residents Save Lock, Stock and Barrel

28 November 2010

According to retailers in Anderson, SC, more guns are sold in South Carolina in the weekend after Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year. No, it’s not that eating turkey at the holidays makes you want to run out and shoot up some more dinner. Or the thought of the Christmas loot coming [...]

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SC Legislature Overrides Sanford Veto

13 May 2010

In a remarkable change, South Carolina has voted to increase its cigarette tax for the first time since 1977. Well, sort of for the first time. The legislature originally increased the cigarette tax earlier in the month. But it was subsequently vetoed by Governor Sanford (R-SC). Today, however, the legislature managed to override the veto, [...]

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Sanford Vetoes Cigarette Tax

12 May 2010

Well, one thing we know about Sanford (alrighty, two, if you count the whole cheating on his wife and lying about it bit) is that he keeps his word… to the legislature. The governor of South Carolina vetoed a bill yesterday that would have increased the cigarette tax in the state by 50 cents. The [...]

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Tug of War in SC Over Cigarette Tax

7 May 2010

Even with a projected $1 billion budget gap looming, there are some items in South Carolina that are apparently “off the table” when it comes to taxation. Chief among them? Cigarettes. South Carolina enjoys the lowest cigarette tax in the country at a paltry 7 cents per pack. Nope, that’s not a typo: 7 cents. [...]

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Palin Rejects Federal Stimulus Funds in Alaska

22 March 2009

Following in the footsteps of a handful of other governors, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has indicated that she will take only 55% of the federal economic stimulus money being offered to Alaska. If that sounds like fiscal responsibility, don’t get too excited. Per capita, Alaska already receives more federal funding than any other state in [...]

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