New House Budget … More of the Same Problems
As the Senate Finance Committee meets this week to take up the budget, it’s a good time to review the House budget passed earlier this month. Here are the basics:
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As the Senate Finance Committee meets this week to take up the budget, it’s a good time to review the House budget passed earlier this month. Here are the basics:
I am Dr. Jameson Taylor, Director of Policy with the South Carolina Policy Council. As you may know, the Policy Council is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank dedicated to safeguarding…
The House recently passed legislation, the Transportation Infrastructure Funding Flexibility Act, authorizing the creation of public-private partnerships (PPP) that can be used to build roads in South Carolina. In theory,…
Since FY02-2003, the Other Funds category of the budget – basically, statewide fees and fines – has grown by more than $2 billion. These fees and fines are a burden…
Are Retail Incentives Constitutional? A Review of the Sembler and Bass Pro Shops Incentives Legislation Are economic development incentives constitutional? If the state’s frequent reliance on such incentives to attract…
Just last week, the House Ways & Means Committee pushed through a 30 cent per pack cigarette tax increase as a proposed proviso in the FY10-2011 budget. The tax increase…