{"id":9121,"date":"2013-02-12T07:03:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T12:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/?p=9121"},"modified":"2013-02-08T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T18:59:26","slug":"south-carolinas-poop-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/south-carolinas-poop-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina&#8217;s poop tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/out-house.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9122\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/south-carolinas-poop-tax\/out-house\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/out-house.jpg?fit=195%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"195,608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"out house\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/out-house.jpg?fit=96%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/out-house.jpg?fit=195%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/out-house.jpg?resize=96%2C300\" alt=\"out house\" width=\"96\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/out-house.jpg?resize=96%2C300&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/out-house.jpg?w=195&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/a>There is a state wide DHEC regulation that prohibits you from installing a septic tank if there is a sewer line on your street: R.61-56.300.1 \u2013 \u201cPermits for new onsite wastewater systems shall not be issued where a wastewater treatment facility is accessible for connection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even further, you can\u2019t even repair a septic tank if a sewer line is accessible: R.61-56.300.2 \u2013 \u201cRepairs to or replacement of failing onsite wastewater systems shall not be allowed where a wastewater treatment facility is accessible for connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, in many parts of South Carolina you can\u2019t dig a well if there is a water line nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Why does government seem to make these decisions for you? As usual, it\u2019s all about the money. These tap fees aren\u2019t cheap, so you are forced to purchase these services. Most of the time these monopolies are government run.<\/p>\n<p>Our property rights are one of the most sacred we have. Whether you own a 100 square foot lot or 300 acres, the land should be yours, but unfortunately, it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"http:\/\/scstatehouse.gov\/sess120_2013-2014\/bills\/359.htm\" target=\"_blank\">s. 359<\/a> gets a hearing, you\u2019ll hear from the highly paid lobbyists that we need to protect the \u201cinvestments\u201d made to run these costly water and sewer lines. Well you know what? I\u2019ve got an investment in our pharmacy, but I don\u2019t expect government to prevent another drug store across the street. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a state wide DHEC regulation that prohibits you from installing a septic tank if there is a sewer line on your street: R.61-56.300.1 \u2013 \u201cPermits for new onsite wastewater systems shall not be issued where a wastewater treatment facility is accessible for connection.&#8221; Even further, you can\u2019t even repair a septic tank if [&hellip;]<\/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-9121","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\/p2gEQ0-2n7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9121","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=9121"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9146,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9121\/revisions\/9146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}