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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
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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Drowning South Carolina Government in a Bath Tub
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
