The Other Brooks Brothers and Their Sister, Too. — “Suddenly-relevant”

A few months ago, the South Carolina Policy Council published an independent study illustrating the need for government spending limits.

The Beacon Hill Institute study contends that without limited spending at the state and local levels, South Carolina will lose significant competitive economic development advantages, and taxpayers will lose most of the benefits they received during the recent property tax reforms.

Now, there is even more impressive research to share as we move toward the weekend.

Though completely unrelated to the SCPC research, the recently published 2008 Astley Study offers valuable insight in an attempt to answer one of the most pressing issues Americans face today.

– The OBB

In between filling his car with it, Representative Rex Fontaine Rice must be sniffing it.

Like Representative B. R. Skelton at January’s Pickens County legislative delegation meeting, during yesterday’s Ways & Means Committee discussion on automotive sales tax uses, Rep. Rice suggested that South Carolina increase the gas tax by a nickel per gallon.

This makes perfect sense at a time when per gallon prices are roughly equal to the national debt.

Did I mention it’s an election year, too?

Whoa. The colors. The colors.

– Bo Burdette