Tell Lawmakers: Stand Up for South Carolina Taxpayers!

I urge you to stand with Governor McMaster in our state not taking on additional debt by rejecting S.J.R. 0491, Economic Development Bonds, and to not send any more taxpayer dollars to the South Carolina Department of Commerce for corporate welfare and mismanagement, especially when we have a $1.7 billion state surplus.

This bill would authorize the issuance of state economic development bonds using hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.

As a steward of our taxpayer dollars, you must remain committed to standing up for taxpayers and against corporate handouts, including decreasing and eliminating cronyism, whether it is subsidies, tax credits, or regulatory favoritism toward an industry.  

Lawmakers should end the practice of picking winners and losers with our tax dollars that benefits a favored few and leaves everyone else to pay the price. 

Taxpayers should not be forced to bail out a state government agency when many South Carolina families are struggling due to the effects of the government’s response to COVID. We must eventually say enough is enough.

It is for these reasons that I encourage you to stand with Governor McMaster in not taking on additional debt by rejecting S.J.R. 0491, Economic Development Bonds, and to not send any more taxpayer dollars to the South Carolina Department of Commerce for corporate welfare and further mismanagement!