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SCantiGOP

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1. SC is about as red as you can get

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 11:28 AM

Jun 2019

A recent index had its economy as the 34th best in the country, but the state was 6th in imports, driven by the Port of Charleston and the state’s #1 ranking in Foereign Direct Inveatment per capita.
Let the tariffs and Trump’s other misguided economic policies cut off the interaction between the Southern manufacturing base and its foreign partners, and the region will return to the miserable conditions of the 1950s.
When will these assholes quit voting against their own self-interest? Are they still that angry at LBJ for the ‘64 Civil Rights Act?

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The South's Economy Is Falling Behind: "All of a Sudden the Money Stops Flowing" [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 OP

SC is about as red as you can get SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #1

34th best?! PJMcK Jun 2019 #2

Yep SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #4

The South's low tax, low-wage policies worked for a century, but not anymore. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2019 #3

For years, that is how the South marketed itself to new companies SCantiGOP Jun 2019 #5