Action Alert!! Public hearing is this Wednesday, April 10th For everyone who has complained that the state of South Carolina has not done enough to help small businesses, your support for House Bill 3125 is needed. The legislation would establish a Microenterprise Partnership Program (MPP) within the SC Department of…
House stands with state’s small businesses
Congratulations to the South Carolina House! Yesterday after nearly two hours of hot debate, Representatives voted not to give Amazon.com an exemption from collecting sales tax on in-state purchases. The vote turned out not to be even close. A clear bi-partisan majority in the House established a new principle for…
Selling Small Businesses down the Amazon
Amazon.com wants you to buy from them and not from our local small businesses. And the company wants to use your tax dollars to make that happen. That’s what all the controversy is about over the proposed sales tax exemption for a new Amazon distribution center in Lexington County. Should…
Medicaid feeds economy
Today the South Carolina House of Representatives begins debating the 2011-12 state budget. One important issue will be how to address Medicaid funding—reduce state funding and thus lose up to hundreds of millions in federal dollars or adopt a plan by the hospitals for them to pay extra into the…
Start running South Carolina like a business
Small businesses understand the need for any public or private organization to be fiscally prudent and minimize unnecessary expenditures. However, it would be rare for any successful business to artificially limit its spending to something other than monies available. To do so would prohibit the business from establishing long-range objectives…