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PPI on SC Public Radio discussing energy competition

Energy
November 29, 2018

South Carolina Public Radio Afternoon Headlines: November 28 and 29, 2018. Featuring PPI Senior Fellow Oran Smith and state Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beafort).

Why Education Savings Accounts Are the Right Path to School Choice

This op-ed originally posted in the National Review was written by Palmetto Promise Institute President Wendy Damron and Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist. ESAs pair well with income-tax elimination, while tax credit scholarships don’t. In addition to being at the forefront of a national movement to drive down, flatten, and even phase out state

Does School Choice Save Taxpayer Dollars? Yes.

School choice opponents commonly claim that “public dollars should go to public schools,” so anyone who wants their child to attend a private school should do so with their own, private money.  Although that can be a compelling argument, school choice opponents are actually calling for more taxpayer spending by opposing choice in South Carolina.

Palmetto Promise’s Question at the SCGOP U.S. Senate Debate

On August 3rd, during the WIS NEWS 10 SCGOP U.S. Senate debate, Palmetto Promise President & CEO Wendy Damron had the opportunity to ask candidates about the SAVE Act. The candidates: Russell Fry, Darline Graham, Mark Lynch, Ralph Norman, and Mark Sanford were posed a questions covering a variety of topics that challenge South Carolina

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