Written by: US Representative Mark Stanford The debate about whether or not to reform Social Security, while very slow getting started, has finally boiled down to the central question not of whether private markets will be used in fixing Social Security, but who should be in control of investment in those markets, you or the …
Posted: March 1, 2005 by South Carolina Policy Council
Fiscal Impact of the 2005 Universal Scholarship Tax Credit Proposal
By: Cotton Lindsay, Ph.D. Click here to view the PDF version of this report.
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Posted: April 15, 2002 by South Carolina Policy Council
South Carolinas Dilemma: Increase Taxes or Reform Medicaid?
South Carolina is facing a serious crisis in providing funding for healthcare services to low-income persons through its Medicaid program. Clearly policymakers are faced with a critical dilemma either increase taxes to cover the funding shortfall for this program or actually sit down and evaluate the effectiveness of the entire Medicaid system. Yet even before …
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Posted: November 15, 2001 by South Carolina Policy Council
Lottery Revenues Not Stable
Written by: John Hill PhD. In a letter earlier this month to the states Chamber of Commerce, Governor Hodges attempted to woo its members into supporting his education lottery plan on the grounds it would allow South Carolina to join the 37 other states that have successful lotteries. The states Board of Economic Advisors has …
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Posted: June 15, 1999 by South Carolina Policy Council
What’s Best for Social Security
Written by: US Representative Mark Stanford The debate about whether or not to reform Social Security, while very slow getting started, has finally boiled down to the central question not of whether private markets will be used in fixing Social Security, but who should be in control of investment in those markets, you or the …
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Posted: June 5, 1998 by South Carolina Policy Council
No Taxation Through Litigation
Written by: Peter J. Ferrara In his State of the Union Address in January, 1999, President Clinton announced that the Justice Dept. is preparing a litigation plan to take the tobacco companies to court. Clinton had ordered the Justice Dept. to sue cigarette manufacturers to recover the alleged costs paid by Medicare to treat smoking …