S.C. Flunks State Integrity Report
South Carolina near the bottom for corruption risk
South Carolina ranks among the states most likely to suffer from government corruption, according to a study released Monday. The Palmetto State earned an "F" in the study, conducted by the Center for Public Integrity, because it lacked accountability, its ethics commission was deemed inadequate and campaign finance laws were not strict enough. "An undercurrent of fear and political interference bubbles throughout the state’s civil service, one that is shot through with cronyism and patronage," Corey Hutchins, the State Integrity Investigation reporter for South Carolina, wrote in his report. The report graded states on 14 categories from the public's ability to access information to internal auditing to legislative accountability. South …
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Dr. John
7:28 am on Friday, March 23, 2012
Stanley, I do understand also that we are talking about personal tax rates and not corporate rates. But your remark about going back to the 1950's tax rates bothers me. You cannot choose just one aspect of a certain period such as tax rates. Although you disagree with the tax rates that have progressively lowered over the last 60 years, you are disregarding all of the progress, socially and … more ›