Governor Haley, South Carolina, along with the rest of our Republic, is in the 11th hour. We are standing in the shadow of the next phase of Obamacare’s implementation in January. At this year’s SCGOP Convention, you told the delegation that “we will not allow Obamacare to enter into our state.” Last month, the SC [...]
Chairman Connelly, Thank you for publicly urging South Carolina Republicans to contact their state Senators last week in opposition of Obama’s expanded pre-kindergarten plan. It is our duty as a party to be vigilant and actively hold elected Republican officials accountable when they stray from our platform. I believe that starts with leadership, and I [...]
Yesterday, I received an unsolicited email with the above image in it, asking me for donations for SC Senate Republicans. This image makes the extraordinary claim that the South Carolina Senate Republicans stopped Obamacare. In the spirit of the current NBA Finals, this is a flagrant foul of the worst kind. The truth of [...]
by Peter T. Calcagno. Originally published in The Free Market, April 1999. Taxes distort the price system and always alter behavior away from the free-market ideal. That is why, as J.B. Say said, the best tax is always the lowest tax. But in recent years, state and local governments have been using the tax system, along with direct [...]
Late last week, an IRS inspector general report uncovered a troublesome habit of the Internal Revenue Service targeting groups which included names such as “Patriot”, “9/12”, “Tea Party”, or which criticize the government in paperwork filed with the agency. The targeted groups (numbering in excess of 100) received greater scrutiny than others with different political [...]
“I have come to learn that life has many turns and twists. Some come by chance, providence, or God’s plan; others instead seem more the consequences of our own action or inaction—for good or bad. I now stand at one of those turning points.” –Mark Sanford, On Second Chances The name “Mark Sanford” stirs up [...]
There is a growing resistance to federal over-reach throughout the entire United States and it is inspiring to witness. Here in South Carolina, we are pushing back against the PPACA, Indefinite Detention, Gun Control, and more. We are enforcing the Constitution and telling the Federal Government: “No, you do not have that power, it was [...]
As you may know, a movement currently exists within the SCGOP to eliminate the current primary election process for our party’s candidates, favoring instead a change in the rules that would nominate candidates by a convention of delegates. I have two major reservations with Nomination By Convention or “NBC.” Most important, attempting to eliminate the [...]
From the South Carolina Policy Council South Carolina is the only state in the nation that doesn’t require its politicians to disclose any private income. The public consequently has no way of knowing who benefits financially from specific legislation. So – we decided to do something about it. Rather than waiting for lawmakers to pass an income disclosure requirement, [...]
R. Josiah Magnuson has written an excellent editorial on the Greenville Post addressing some of the criticisms coming from – surprisingly – the Campaign For Liberty about H3101 – the Healthcare Freedom Act (Nullifying the PPACA.) I encourage everyone to go give it a read. This is my favorite part: Second, a statutory declaration at [...]
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