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In the most recent year for which data is available, a review by The Nerve has found, S.C. state government collected $2.4 billion in sales tax revenue – but exempted a full $3 billion.
That’s the opposite of what one would expect to find. In most forms of taxes, only a few items are exempt, and in a typical year a typical state would take in far more than it would exempt. It’s a simple matter of government needing revenue: Lawmakers are reluctant to dole out too many exemptions since that means less revenue.

Dr. Steve Stewart had a great opinion piece in the Phil Nobel Gazette (TLN) last week.
Dr. Stewart speaks the truth. The change will not come from our leaders, but from the people. The only true option is to return to the Judeo-Christian foundation of our Founding Fathers.
I do not believe that a great revival will happen, because the Bible does not prophesy a revival. America has entered the post-Christian age.

Scottish poet Robert Burns once wrote, “To see ourselves as others see us! It would from many a blunder free us.”
Here’s a letter I received from a reader in 
Somerville, Mass. He asked me not to use his name.
Dear Mr. Noble:

Donald Trump says it every day: “Let’s make America great again.” The slogan adorns his hats.
Hillary Clinton criticizes Trump for that, insisting America is already great. But she used the phrase herself in 2007, while making her case against the Bush administration.
After a decade and a half of trouble on many fronts, most of us would love to see America restored to a former state of greatness – economic, military, political, moral or some combination of those.