Tag Archives: South Carolina

Every Family in SC Pays Taxes: The Poorest Pay a Larger Share of Their Income than Wealthiest

Posted on October 19, 2018 by The Ruoff Group

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 →

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The ACA Toolbox for Health Reform: What State Health Leaders Aren’t Telling the General Assembly

Posted on February 5, 2013 by The Ruoff Group

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 →

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Who Pays State and Local Taxes in South Carolina?

Posted on January 27, 2013 by The Ruoff Group

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 →

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The Haley Budget Translated: Blame It on Obamacare

Posted on December 26, 2012 by The Ruoff Group

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 →

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Drowning South Carolina Government in a Bath Tub

Posted on February 6, 2012 by The Ruoff Group

In pushing for spending caps, Governor Haley and the South Carolina House of Representatives are pushing Grover Norquist talking points, part of a strategy “to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub,” rather than … Continue reading →

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