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	<description>Conservative Member of the South Carolina House</description>
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		<title>The Department of Administration &#8211; Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the House Republicans ushered through sweeping government reforms that will truly make our governor a chief executive and make our government more accountable. This is the fifth time in six years that we have approved this legislation – which has never made it to the governor’s desk. Last year, we came within a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comphrehensive Health Education Act aka Sex Education</title>
		<link>http://www.tommystringer.com/2013/04/19/comphrehensive-health-education-act-aka-sex-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note to reader - This article is about a bill that failed to advance out of k-12 sub-committee this week. Though the bill was tabled, the problems it attempted to address remain with us. H3435 proposed to change how students are taught &#8220;reproductive health education&#8221; in our public schools. It was debated in the K-12 sub-committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics Reform Bill Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two bills received key committee approval this week, setting up critical floor debates before the “crossover” deadline on May 1. The House Judiciary Committee approved a substantial ethics reform package that has been the result of months of debate and discussion between Republicans and Democrats, the House and the Senate, and the Governor. Here are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas Tax Bill Stalls</title>
		<link>http://www.tommystringer.com/2013/04/12/gas-tax-bill-stalls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My bill to adjust the motor fuel user fee came up for debate in sub-committee this week. After hearing from several supporters including myself, the committee adjourned debate without comment. They can recall the bill at a future date, though this is unlikely. Since that time, an Upstate Senator has introduced a bill to float [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sales Tax Exemption Bill Advances</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My bill to eliminate various sales tax exemptions was passed out of sub-committee this week. As amended, it would eliminate eighteen exemptions and re-establish the Joint Committee on Taxation to review all existing exemptions every 5 years. As a reminder, my orignial bill from last year eliminated two-thirds of the exemptions and cut the overall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Boeing Expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House returned from our two-week Easter furlough to exciting news this week that Boeing plans to greatly expand its presence in North Charleston. The success of Michelin, BMW, and now Boeing has proven that our state has the best workers in the world and a government willing to work in a bi-partisan manner to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H3265 &#8211; Reducing Taxes for Manufacturers</title>
		<link>http://www.tommystringer.com/2013/04/06/h3265-reducing-taxes-for-manufacturers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Ernst &#38; Young, South Carolina has some of the highest business property taxes in the country. This fact was echoed in the 2010 SC Tax Realignment Commission Report (TRAC) which stated that “South Carolina had the highest (industrial property) taxes in all 19 categories” compiled by the Minnesota Association of Taxpayer’s Study. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Robbing Peter Principle</title>
		<link>http://www.tommystringer.com/2013/04/06/the-robbing-peter-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all heard the phrase “robbing Peter to pay Paul” to describe taking resources from one need to pay another. For individuals, this normally happens during a financial crisis such as the recent Great Recession. In government, this principle occurs more from expediency than crisis. It defines the spending policy of the modern welfare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Break</title>
		<link>http://www.tommystringer.com/2013/03/25/easter-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House adjourned Thursday for our traditional two-week furlough for Easter. Before we left town, we had a lot of work to do so we could vote on all of the legislation still pending on the House floor so we may start fresh when we return on April 9th. Here are four items of note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas Tax Articles</title>
		<link>http://www.tommystringer.com/2013/03/18/gas-tax-articles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tommy Stringer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My list of gas tax articles - Funding Our Roads: The Income Tax Subsidy The SCDOT Math Word Problem Pothole Politics The Gas Tax Index Formula Random Thoughts on the Gas Tax Deficient Bridges in District 18]]></description>
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