{"id":10445,"date":"2014-10-31T14:42:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2014-10-31T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T19:42:11","slug":"treasurer-loftis-no-on-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/treasurer-loftis-no-on-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasurer Loftis: no on taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"loftis\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many local governments and special interest groups across our state have decided that now is the time to\u00a0raise your taxes<\/span><\/strong>. I understand their arguments because I also want better roads, education, drainage, and infrastructure.\u00a0 However, as your State Treasurer, I have seen how all levels of government \u201cmanage and protect\u201d your money, and the current standards are simply\u00a0unacceptable<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I probably don\u2019t live in your county, so I must respect your right to tax yourselves. However, we must have fundamental change in how our government operates. Implementing\u00a0true fiscal responsibility and accountability<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0are the first steps government can take to earn our trust.<\/p>\n

Since the government and special interests want our money now, the time we should bargain for a \u201cbetter deal” is now. Let\u2019s say NO to new taxes and YES to meaningful transparency and accountability. Let\u2019s say NO to back room deals with special interest and YES to high-ranking government officials being held responsible for protecting our money and delivering a quality product<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to vote NO on new taxes at the polls\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, and I encourage you to do the same.\u00a0 Let\u2019s give the\u00a0government and special interests<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0a rain check for a vote on new money until the proper measures are in place to protect our money and deliver what is promised by special interests.<\/p>\n

Be well,<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Curtis Loftis
\nTreasurer, State of South Carolina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many local governments and special interest groups across our state have decided that now is the time to\u00a0raise your taxes. I understand their arguments because I also want better roads, education, drainage, and infrastructure.\u00a0 However, as your State Treasurer, I have seen how all levels of government \u201cmanage and protect\u201d your money, and the current […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gEQ0-2It","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10447,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445\/revisions\/10447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}