SC State House of Representatives -- The legislative power of the State of South Carolina is vested in a general assembly comprised of two chambers - the senate and the house of representatives. The SC House of Representatives consists of 124 part-time members elected every two years to represent the state's 124 single member districts. As part of the general assembly, the House of Representatives creates and amends laws that govern our state and must create and pass the state budget annually. The general assembly draws district lines for the SC House, SC Senate and US House every 10 years after each census. Representatives must be citizens of the United States and the state of South Carolina, at least twenty-one years old at the time of their election, and residents of the district in which they are elected. All representatives are up for election during the same even year election cycle.NOTE:This candidate’s responses were not available before our publication deadline. Voters are welcome to encourage the candidate to share their views. Updated responses will be posted as they are received.
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My number one issue is spending. We need to make sure the state is using the dollars it takes from residents as efficiently as possible. Spending data should be easily accessible to the public and up to date. All budget committee meetings should be live-streamed and available to the public.
The first step is to reduce the size and scope of the government so it doesn't need to collect as much money. The income tax should be a flat percentage (and should move towards zero), with anything under a certain amount being tax-free. Property tax should be based on the value of your home when you bought it, not the current value. You don't have more money available just because the value of an asset has increased. This will help keep people from being pushed out of neighborhoods as the property values increase. People should not be able to lose their homes because of unpaid property taxes. If you can get evicted for not paying then you don't actually own your home, the government does and they let you live there if you pay them.
By reducing the amount of legislation affecting personal freedoms and social policy. People should be able to live their lives as they see fit, as long as they do not infringe on the rights of others. No victim, no crime.
I support giving every South Carolina family the options that wealthy families already have. A zip code shouldn't determine a child's educational future. On accountability — I trust parents more than I trust bureaucracies. A parent choosing a school for their own child is a more reliable accountability mechanism than any compliance office. What I won't support is using 'transparency requirements' as a backdoor to regulate private schools into copies of the system people are trying to leave.
South Carolina doesn't have an energy market — it has a government-protected monopoly. V.C. Summer proved what happens when utilities get guaranteed profits and ratepayers absorb the risk. The answer isn't more government management of the energy mix — it's competition, property rights, and making sure polluters and large industrial users pay their actual costs. When those things are true, the market produces affordable, cleaner energy without politicians picking winners.
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