Joel Sawyer
Joel Sawyer
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When Dan Cooper puts together a budget that shatters state spending records, I can understand why he's sensitive about someone looking over his shoulder. But Gov. Sanford's job is to look out for the hard-working taxpayers of this state, and that's always going to be his top priority.
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It shouldn't cost the taxpayers of this state $64,000 to keep the lieutenant governor 's speedometer out of the triple digits.
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At the same time, taxpayers should be outraged that the Senate is spending almost a billion dollars more than what was being spent last year - and not a dime of new money is going to be returned to the hardworking people of this state.
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This is about whether the House is going to pass a budget this year that limits state spending and shows sympathy for the hardworking taxpayers of our state.
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Whether you have one bill that grows government at 10.9 percent or try to spread the spending over three different bills, this is still not consistent with the House's previous statement on the need for a true spending cap. We don't understand why some in the House now appear to not be willing to live within the cap they've already passed on themselves.
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We're going to have to go to some kind of Plan B. The funding we have for this is totally dependent on the federal government.
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We're absolutely in favor of tolls on I-73 if that's what it takes to get the road built as quickly as possible. I-73 is incredibly important to the future of the Grand Strand.
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We're always open at looking at ways to make health insurance more affordable for small business owners. But the governor has long been on the record as being against any kind of tax increase unless there is a corresponding tax decrease.
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Our state is spending more than it ever has before on higher education. At the same time, tuition is continuing to increase by double digits year after year.
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Overall, I would say we're pleased with the funding requests for Savannah River.
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It doesn't appear that the bill does enough to address cost drivers associated with recent increases in workers' compensation.
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Our local agencies have done a good job of stretching dollars. Obviously, this is going to help.
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That doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense given this year's budget situation.
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That would certainly be an enormous step in the right direction in terms of fiscal responsibility.