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The SCGOP’s Hypocritical Hit On Gambling
Unpacking the multiple layers of hypocrisy associated with Drew McKissick’s attack on bipartisan gambling proposals…
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I either vote Republican or leave the office blank if I have to do so. I won’t vote for a Democrat regardless. BUT, Fiscally Conservative is not a word I would use to describe the State House Republicans. Certainly there are some who are fiscally conservative, but that is the minority. McKissick acts as if he has been elected by the people to set policy. He runs the Republican Party as his fiefdom installing his supporters at every level he can. We need new blood in the State House and in the Party if we wish to move forward with new ideas and agendas. The lack of term limits means you can rise to the top of leadership by breathing in and out and getting re-elected repeatedly. The working man can’t afford to run for office and the incumbents get all the special interests money. Time for a change, but that is highly unlikely.
A lottery that took place 2000 or so years go as reported in Matthew 27:
And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Frankly, those are substantial arguments in favor of gambling that do not ring hollow. Truth- the state has been involved in gambling since the introduction of the state lottery decades ago. Truth- the lottery has offset tuition costs for students; however, did institutions eventually raise tuition to increase the coffers? Truth- no Freedumb Caucus member or extreme conservative has introduced a law to stop the state lottery because of the amount of money involved. It’s only a moral argument from the Freedumb Caucus when they can withstand the pressure of students and parents who benefit. They can’t. Looking forward to their excuses. I’ll bet that little Cromer girl from Greenville will file a bill to end the state lottery once she reads this article. She loves to find a tasty bone to throw out for personal gain. If you allow illegal immigrants to gamble though, she may not raise a flag because her employees can participate. Ol’ Rutherford is going to end up winning this battle. Watch! When the public thinks they can eliminate taxes because of gambling, done. The numbers are growing.
Putting casinos on I-95 would not only bring in millions of dollars in sorely needed tax dollars, it would also create multiple jobs for South Carolinians. As it stands now, those Yankees going up and down I-95 to and from Florida stop mainly in SC to buy our cheap gas and use our free restrooms. But it is good to hear Republicans talking about “family” and ‘values.” What is a very hard to understand is that they would wholeheartedly support a President whose personal life has exhibited little regard for either, and who once owned gambling casinos himself.