Governor Sanford on the S.C. Budget and Tea Party 2.0

Two important message from Mark Sanford follow:. To read his messages with all the appropriate links please go here.


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Dear Friends,

With legislators likely wrapping up deliberations on the state budget very soon, we've reached the time for all of us to stand and be counted with regard to the stimulus money. The budget House and Senate members send our way as early as tonight will almost certainly spend the ten percent of stimulus dollars we've advocated putting toward state debt relief. Not dedicating this reasonable portion of the money to paying down debt, we believe, would represent a mistake with serious consequences for our state today and for our children and grandchildren tomorrow.
That's why I'd ask you make your voice heard now. Call, write, email, twitter, contact your respective Representatives and Senators any way you can and tell them that you believe spending all the money isn't the best course to take. Tell them that doing so: 1) leaves us in a more than $700 million budget hole two years down the road when federal funds run dry; 2) continues our legislature's pattern of boom or bust, and ignores both the Biblical and common sense notions of moderation and preparing for a rainy day; and 3) allows us to paper over some changes to our state that are indeed long overdue – including restructuring our duplicative and wasteful system.
We highlighted a few examples of this waste in a press conference yesterday - talking specifically about money wasted in the upkeep of our state Division of Aeronautics, the unnecessary creation of a legislatively-controlled and constitutionally-questionable Capitol Police Force, and three quarters of a million more taxpayer dollars sent to hydrogen research that may in fact fall under the category of pet projects rather than viable economic development. You can get more details about this budget waste on my website here, under the link "Waste of the Day."
I'd ask once again you urge your Senator and Representative as soon as possible this afternoon to take a principled stand against this budget's waste and lost opportunities, and craft a responsible budget that pays down debt and makes much-needed changes.
Sincerely,

Mark Sanford
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