A Healthcare Freedom Agenda

Healthcare
Blog · January 8, 2021

Affordable, Quality Care for Patients These 16 recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report. You can view our policy agenda for other issues by clicking below. Education | Energy  | Tax & Budget | Work, Justice, & Quality of Life         REGULATORY REFORMS Eliminate Certificates of Need (CON) to increase

An Energy Freedom Agenda

Energy
Blog · January 8, 2021

Competition to Lower Costs for Consumers These 6 recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report. You can view our policy agenda for other issues by clicking below. Education | Healthcare | Work, Justice, & Quality of Life | Tax & Budget         FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT RATEPAYERS Sell the State-Owned

A Tax & Budget Agenda

Tax & Budget
Blog · January 8, 2021

Tax Low + Spend Smart = Jobs & Growth These recommendations are drawn from the Palmetto Promise Playbook report. You can view our policy agenda for other issues by clicking below. Education | Energy | Healthcare | Work, Justice, & Quality of Life TAX REFORM & FAIRNESS Implement the findings of the comprehensive analysis conducted

A 2021 Freedom Agenda for South Carolina

Blog · December 18, 2020

Last week, we asked our email subscribers to rank their priorities for South Carolina in 2021…and the response was overwhelming! It was a dead heat for first place, but cutting our highest-in-the-Southeast income tax rate was the winner by a nose, closely followed by expanding education choice and lowering health care costs.  With Christmas coming up next week, we are

Letter: Some lawmakers want to gamble on Santee Cooper with other people’s money

Energy
Blog · December 13, 2020

S.C. Representative Bobby Cox cites a PPI study on Santee Cooper in this letter to the editor published in The Greenville News. Here in the Upstate we haven’t been affected overtly by the state agency’s failed nuclear project known as Santee Cooper. Yet our Lowcountry neighbors are paying crushing power bills as a result and

Remove the Blinders at EPA

Energy
Blog · November 20, 2020

One of the pillars of the Palmetto Promise Institute Freedom Agenda is Energy. We know that for free enterprise to flourish and jobs to be created, business and industry must have access to the most affordable energy available. This is particularly important in South Carolina, where utility bills are the highest in the country. Our

Lawmakers call for new leadership at state-owned utility Santee Cooper

Energy
Blog · November 17, 2020

PPI’s economic analysis of Santee Cooper is quoted in this article by Vivian Jones of Center Square. (The Center Square) – Two Republican lawmakers are calling for new leadership at Santee Cooper in response to the state-owned utility’s recent issuance of $638 million in debt, announced late last month. Earlier this year, the General Assembly