MORE REASON TO OPPOSE TAX HIKE PROPOSALS …
|| By FITSNEWS || What went down is going back up … quickly. And it’s rising right as South Carolina politicians, special interests and left-leaning legacy media outlets have joined together in a full court press to raise taxes.
The cost of gasoline in South Carolina – which dropped all the way down to $2.00 per gallon earlier this year – continues to climb. In fact the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded is currently $2.38 – eighteen cents higher than when we checked it a month ago.
That’s the cheapest average price per gallon in the country, although as we’ve previously noted dirt poor South Carolinians pay a higher percentage of their income on fuel costs than residents of any other state save Mississippi or West Virginia.
Sad. But we’re sure Volvo will fix all that, right?
Just like BMW fixed it. And Boeing fixed it. And Continental Tires fixed it.
Anyway … as this excellent column from S.C. Senator Tom Davis makes plain, there is no need for government in the Palmetto State to raise gas taxes. According to Davis’ calculations, there is plenty of money available to maintain South Carolina’s bloated, politically driven and colossally mismanaged Transportation bureaucracy.
In fact we would argue there are hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure savings to be had if actual needs, not political ones, drove spending decisions.
But expecting South Carolina’s “Banana Republicans” – and our state’s game show hostess of a governor – to exercise that sort of common sense is clearly wishful thinking.
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I have always thought this blog was always the first word in SC politics, business, education, and the filthy gutter of astray personal lives of people that mattered. The humor has always been good, love the sarcasm.
BUT….this….
“But we’re sure Volvo will fix all that, right?
Just like BMW fixed it. And Boeing fixed it. And Continental Tires fixed it.”
Every little bit of economic improvement helps, but pulling ourselves out of the depths of economic incompetence will not be accomplished with a few companies moving into the state. How about reforming this horrible state government?
Stick with what you do best, Making stupid statements is not your forte.
Leave that to us stupid kids in the peanut gallery.
Gas prices rising the week before Memorial Day (the start of the summer season)—WTF????????
Danm!!!! This is the first time I’ve ever heard of that happening!!!!!!!!!!!
Who cares. Look at the chick.
Agreed.
If you don’t look a second or third time, you’re queer.
The g’ment economists call this “the summer driving season.
BTW,
That ain’t a bad shot but I prefer the tight jean or cutoff short pics myself……………….
That being said, there is a reason that the “LBD” is a classic and will remain so!!!!!
Bull Hockey. That picture is some fine photographic journalism right there. Just look at the way that dress is draping. Custom tailored job?
that little hitch in her hips is ……….delicious
Funny. I paid $2.319 last week, and it wasn’t even the lowest I saw. GasBuddy.com shows prices as low as $2.259. LET US BE OUTRAGED BY 6-8 CENTS INCREASE IN A MONTH!!!!!
It’s called “shopping around”, Fits. Learn it. Love it.
Don’t ya just love it when your gas bills are not deductible?
Oh goodie, yes yes yes! I love it when people suffer financially! Please pass the Haley gas tax so we can suffer even more than we are already! More taxes, more more more! LMAO!!! LMAO!!!
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If only her dress would climb a little more.
Hike up your skirt a little more
and show the world to me
Hike up your skirt a little more
and show your world to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU2E1lX1geY
$4+ fur regular and still rising out here in Taxifornia.
$2.23 – $2.36 here in SparkleCity today (depending on side of town & number of other gas stations in proximity)