from the Indigo Journal

February 3, 2010

Charleston, SC - Recently, several influential South Carolina lawmakers, including Senator Larry Martin (R - Pickens), have floated the idea of reviving the state's sales tax on groceries. The tax was repealed three years ago.

Today, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod pledged to veto any attempt by the legislature to tax groceries.

 Dear Friend,

Like you, I am disgusted by Lt. Governor Andre Bauer's comments comparing poor school children to stray animals. It amazes me how some Republican politicians who campaign on Christian values continue to do and say such unchristian things.

Blaming hungry children for their economic situation and threatening to withhold food and nutrition is just plain wrong. It's much more than a poor choice of words, and all South Carolinians, Democrats and Republicans, should join us in denouncing Bauer's divisive comments.