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As a South Carolina resident, I'm confident this won't happen. Right-wingers introduce nutty bills all the time here (example: Lee Bright introduced [1] a bill
by impendia 10y ago
As a South Carolina resident, I'm confident this won't happen.
Right-wingers introduce nutty bills all the time here (example: Lee Bright introduced [1] a bill to have South Carolina make its own currency), and they get a fair amount of attention, but for the most part they don't have enough clout to run the state. If this bill gets any traction, lobbyists from BMW (factory in Spartanburg, SC), Boeing (Charleston), and other big business interests will see to it that it is defeated.
[1] http://www.goupstate.com/news/20110212/sen-lee-bright-sc-should-coin-its-own-money http://www.goupstate.com/news/20110212/sen-lee-bright-sc-sho...
- dv_dt 10y agoI think there is a problem relying on big business to fight such fights. I wouldn't think they would care except that it would be a tax on equipment they might use, but that could be sidestepped in a number of ways. The businesses could just get a commercial exemption written into the law or just import their compute gear from a remote division.