Energy Mega-Bill: Government Moves to Control, Taxpayers Pay the Price
At first glance, I must admit, the Energy Policy Institute (EPI) looks pretty good on paper. As do many other government entities, what at the outset seem to be reasonable & cost efficient, is anything but. EPI is a proposed new bureaucracy with 3 members appointed by the general assembly for a 4 year term at a…
The Foundation of South Carolina’s General Assembly & the Influence of Bribes Thereon
We read in The Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers…
How Do Republican Legislators Stack Up Nationally?
In our last article, we shared a county by county breakdown of average 2023-2024 Freedom Index scores published by the John Birch Society. We received feedback that the scores for South Carolina Republicans were unrealistically low and couldn’t possibly be right. JBS, a conservative group formed in 1958, has applied the same standard to every…