Want to SC to determine its future? No thanks
Many of our state legislators want the state to determine its future, but our state’s record is dismal. It should not be looked on favorably as a national model.
Our state legislators have produced:
▪ $9 billion cost for non-working nuclear reactors.
▪ A “minimally acceptable” standard for educating our students.
▪ A State Supreme Court order to fix education funding.
In the United States, we have:
▪ The worst schools.
▪ One of the most underfunded state pension systems.
▪ One of the most corrupt and least transparent political systems.
▪ One of the worst road-and-bridge and health care systems.
▪ One of the worst records for spousal abuse, poverty, affordable housing, and equality for women and minorities.
And we are not even in the lowest 10 as far as taxation is concerned.
If you want South Carolina to be better, vote to change your current legislators.
Thomas Balliet
Bluffton
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This story was originally published November 7, 2017 at 11:55 AM with the headline "Want to SC to determine its future? No thanks."