In 2005 Time Magazine named South Carolina's Mark Sanford one of America's worst governors. This week's veto of the Cigarette Tax bill confirmed that assertion in my mind.
Equally pathetic was the legislature's inability to override the veto due to Republican strong-arming that led a number of lawmakers to tuck tail and change their votes.
Why hate on ("vote down" for you older types) a bill raising cigarette taxes? Sanford and Sons didn't like that the revenue was to be used to fund Medicaid and child health care. Some conservatives' primary fear is that children will then grow up with an "entitlement" mentality, all thanks to some socialist expenditures based off revenue from the cigarette tax. Thanks to our legislators' "all for the rich, none for the poor" mentality the SC cigarette tax will remain at a disgraceful dead last $0.07 for another year.
I know "progress" is a dirty word to many in this state, but apparently "common sense" and "decency" have been deemed just as vulgar by our elected officials.
It's not like SC DHEC determined that heart disease and cancer are the two leading causes of death in all "regions" of the state. Oh whoops, looks like I misspoke... Well at least smoking isn't a leading cause of heart disease and cancer. Whoops, I misspoke again and again.
SARCASM WARNING: Some good news, though... Sanford didn't veto this week's bill making indigo blue the state color. A true victory for all indigo blue-enthusiasts like myself!
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yay for indigo blue.
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