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Category Archives: SC Budget
Every Family in SC Pays Taxes: The Poorest Pay a Larger Share of Their Income than Wealthiest
As the S.C. General Assembly looks to do “tax reform,” a new report, Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States by the D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy [ITEP] illuminates the flawed premise … Continue reading
Medicaid Expansion Would Help Working South Carolinians
Some 700,000 South Carolina non-elderly adults aged 19 to 64 lived at or below 138 % of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) in 2011.[1] The Affordable Care Act expands eligibility for Medicaid to those with incomes below 138 % FPL. … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Medicaid Expansion, SC Budget
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Non-Tax Revenues: It’s Really About Making Higher Education Unaffordable
In a recent editorial in The State, Cindi Ross Scoppe points to the highest in the nation share (48.4 %) that non-tax revenues made in 2010 of state and local revenues. “Our non-tax revenue in 2010, the latest year analyzed, … Continue reading
Posted in Education Funding, SC Budget, Taxes
Tagged Higher Education Funding, Non-tax Revenue
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The ACA Toolbox for Health Reform: What State Health Leaders Aren’t Telling the General Assembly
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides health policymakers with a robust set of tools to accomplish important changes to both bring costs under control and improve our health and health care. The coverage expansion which ensures affordable access to this … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, SC Budget
Tagged Affordable Care Act, Health Reform, Medicaid Expansion, South Carolina
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Who Pays State and Local Taxes in South Carolina?
Low-income and middle class taxpayers in South Carolina pay a larger share of their income to support our public structures and systems than do our wealthiest taxpayers. The quality of life we all enjoy in South Carolina is directly connected … Continue reading
The Haley Budget Translated: Blame It on Obamacare
To listen to Governor Nikki Haley, a core budgetary problem facing our state is Obamacare. “Every dollar that Washington forces us to spend on a still-inefficient Medicaid program is a dollar we can’t put into our schools, into our roads … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education Funding, Health Care, SC Budget, Taxes
Tagged budget, education, Haley, health care, infrastructure, South Carolina, Tax
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Medicaid Expansion: Costs or Savings for South Carolina?
Will a Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) cost South Carolina $1.085 billion or save us somewhere between $59 million and $679 million. Those are two numbers on the table as South Carolina begins a debate on whether … Continue reading
Governor Haley’s Vetoes and Budget Policy: what seventy-four vetoes to the General Appropriations bill and seven in the Capital Reserve Fund bill mean for teachers, the arts and our oceans
The General Assembly’s failure is two-fold—they failed to produce a timely budget and, combined with gubernatorial vetoes issued late Thursday, have thrown school districts and at least two state agencies into uncertainty. Governor Nikki Haley’s vetoes would eliminate $10 million … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education Funding, Health Care, SC Budget, Taxes
Tagged Arts, Haley, Higher Education, Vetoes
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Cutting School Taxes to Fix School Funding?
“[A]n investment in public education is essential to the future economic prosperity of our great state” declare the prime sponsors of a proposal for education funding reform. However, in part because they combine this reform with property tax cuts for … Continue reading
Much Ado About Nothing: SC Sales Tax “Reform”
After much publicity about eliminating two-thirds of sales tax exemptions, the SC House Ways & Means Committee concluded on Wednesday that the state’s sales tax system wasn’t so broke after all. After reviewing the $2.8 billion in sales tax exemptions, … Continue reading
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