Is $1.3 Billion Scout Motors’ Deal South Carolina’s Solyndra?
Mom and Pop Alliance: "Is now the right time to take such a gamble with so much of the people's money?"...
Economic Development
South Carolina Shouldn’t Give Government Subsidies To The Panthers
by FITSNews
Studies show taxpayer incentives for sports franchises are a terrible deal ......
Henry McMaster’s Bogus Jobs Claim
by FITSNews
South Carolina governor Henry McMaster took credit in his 2018 State of the State address for creating “17,000 new jobs” in 2017. Did he, though?...
100 Jobs Headed To Orangeburg SC
by FITSNews
A company that manufactures heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units is investing more money and adding new jobs at its existing facility in Orangeburg...
More Trouble At Boeing SC
by FITSNews
BUYOUTS, LAYOFFS … Just as South Carolinians were picking their jaws up off the floor following a shocking decision by government-run utility Santee Cooper to shutter a...
Wanli Tires: “Done Deal”
by FITSNews
MORE CORPORATE WELFARE … South Carolina’s demonstrably failed “economic development” strategy of doling out huge corporate welfare packages to foreign multi-national corporations is ramping up...
SC Incentives: Still No Transparency, Accountability
by FITSNews
YET THE GIVEAWAYS ARE ESCALATING … Five years ago this website ran a story about the Palmetto State’s over-reliance on crony capitalist incentives – a.k.a. “corporate welfare”...
Chamber Of Commerce Scandal: Taxpayer-Funded Media Kickbacks?
by FITSNews
EXPLORING ANOTHER LAYER OF “ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT” CORRUPTION … This website has written repeatedly in opposition to corrupt taxpayer-subsidized “economic development” efforts. We believe the shady...
Nancy Yates: Is South Carolina Really “Best For Business?”
by Letters
OR IS IT JUST BEST FOR BIG BUSINESS? || By NANCY YATES || Browsing through my morning news earlier this week, a headline captured my...
SC Still “Picking Losers” In The Economy
by FITSNews
“ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT” FUNDS SCAMMED … We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: Government has no business being in the “economic development” business. It is...