2018 SC Governor’s Race: Gas Tax Looms Large
TOM DAVIS, CATHERINE TEMPLETON TRADE TWEETS … An ongoing legislative debate over whether to raise gasoline taxes on South Carolina motorists spilled over into the...
South Carolina Gas Tax
SC Senator Unveils Tax Swap
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GREG HEMBREE UNVEILS “3-5-7” PLAN … Sensing that a proposed five-year, $1.8 billion gasoline tax hike – one with an annual recurring tax increase of $600-800...
Taxpayers Win Early SC Gas Tax Skirmish
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BIGGER BATTLES LOOM, THOUGH … Efforts to ram a massive “infrastructure” tax hike through the South Carolina General Assembly sustained an early procedural defeat this...
Kevin Bryant Blasts Gas Tax Hike
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S.C. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEADS CHORUS OF OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED TAX INCREASE Palmetto State lieutenant governor Kevin Bryant rallied opponents of a proposed gasoline tax increase this week...
Henry McMaster: Gas Tax “Not The Answer”
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SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR OPENS DOOR TO POSSIBLE VETO OF REGRESSIVE TAX INCREASE … With the legislative debate on the gas tax moving in the wrong...
Poll: SC Doesn’t Want A Gas Tax
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SOUTH CAROLINIANS WANT ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REFORM MAKE BETTER USE OF EXISTING REVENUE Given a choice, the vast majority of South Carolinians want their elected...
Group Forms To Fight SC Gas Tax
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“SOUTH CAROLINA RED” LEADER BLASTS SCGOP AS “A JOKE” A new political group has formed in South Carolina with the goal of blocking a proposed...
SC Gas Prices (Still) Holding
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WILL TAX HIKE SEND COST SOARING? Gasoline prices in South Carolina continue to hold steady … although as we’ve previously noted they are projected to rise again in...
SC Republican House Passes $1.8 Billion Tax Hike
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BEHOLD THE PARTY OF “LIMITED GOVERNMENT …” For the second time in three years, the so-called “Republican” S.C. House of Representatives has voted to raise...
Gas Tax Hikes: A National View
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POLITICIANS (MOST OF THEM REPUBLICANS) ARE PUSHING THIS REGRESSIVE MEASURE ALL ACROSS AMERICA … Last week we reported exclusively on Republican lawmakers in South Carolina...