We have to be a state where business is welcome and jobs are created. We have to demand value for what is spent and we need to continue to resist a lottery.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Unfortunately, the current format for this lottery program are subject to fraud and abuse and leave our nation exposed to those who may seek to do harm on American soil.
We need to get out of the way of the small business owner - and big business owners - and allow them to do what government can only dream of doing: creating jobs and thereby creating wealth.
We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina.
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.
People would love to be rich, but they're looking for the easy way. Who wouldn't want to win the lottery? Just to score.
We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.
We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.
Got to build that business base and then you can fund all the things people want: education, health care, strong law enforcement, roads, bridges, infrastructure - all those things flow from that economic base.
Money should not, and must not, change our commitment to solving problems and building this state.
Our main task is not to see that people of great wealth add to it, but that those without much money have a greater chance to earn some.