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		<title>First, do no harm</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2011/04/first-do-no-harm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On South Carolina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[APRIL 1, 2011 – It’s human nature to rush around just before something has to be done to make sure it gets done.  Around our house, there’s a flurry of activity just before the children are out of the door to school or before a weekly column is due.  So it is also with the South Carolina General Assembly. Just before the end of the annual session in June, there’s a flurry of activity to make sure the big policy bill of the year, the budget, is finished and wrapped with a big bow on top. But as the budget, with its specific monthly deadlines, is being crafted, there’s a lot of time for legislators to get their hands dirty with other issues.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Invest&#8221; isn&#8217;t a dirty word</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/10/invest-isnt-a-dirty-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On South Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invest]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCT. 29, 2010 – It’s amazing how one little word can have two vastly different meanings.

The word? “Invest.”

If you talk to just about any financial adviser and ask about a tried-and-true, conservative strategy for planning for your retirement, it won’t be long before you hear: “Invest early and invest often.”

But the politician who touts the exactly same conservative strategy – that states, like individuals, need to invest early to reap bigger, good rewards over the longer term – is lambasted as a liberal of the worst sort who wants to tax and spend you to death.]]></description>
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		<title>Consensus: State leaders need to read widely</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/09/consensus-state-leaders-need-to-read-widely/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/09/consensus-state-leaders-need-to-read-widely/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On South Carolina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEPT. 10, 2010 – It’s a toss-up about who had the best funny answer to Katie Couric-like questions about what South Carolina political leaders should read.

Former Gov. Jim Hodges (who should know) put the zinger at the end of his answer on what they should read frequently: “The Wall Street Journal for business and economic news. The New York Times for national and international news.  Politico.com for political news.  Sports Illustrated for sanity.”]]></description>
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		<title>Scent of kerosene leaves mark</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/06/scent-of-kerosene-leaves-mark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On the South]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALONG THE GULF COAST, June 7, 2010 – The hint of kerosene in the air on Mobile Bay served as an immediate reminder of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Brack

It wasn't an overpowering scent, but a faint fragrance similar to what you might smell a few minutes after spraying WD-40 on something. ]]></description>
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		<title>The price of vilifying government</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/06/the-price-of-vilifying-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On South Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On the South]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[JUNE 4, 2010 – If you think South Carolina’s been muddied by nasty politics recently in the gubernatorial race, just think how bad things will get if the state gets slimed with pollution from the Gulf oil disaster.]]></description>
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		<title>On the cigarette tax hike</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/05/on-the-cigarette-tax-hike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 10:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On South Carolina]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN STATE PAPERS:  In an editorial roundup that was published in papers across the state, the Florence Morning News mentioned my recent column that was a letter to the governor to not veto an approved cigarette tax:  &#8220;As state political analyst Andy Brack said, the &#8220;user fee&#8221; on smokers would generate monies to help pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time has come on cigarette tax</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/04/time-has-come-on-cigarette-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Governor Sanford .... About the only thing we’ve agreed on in the political arena is that you shouldn’t have to resign because of a marital infidelity. We both agreed that it was a personal mistake that essentially didn’t impact on the job of being governor.  We both caught a lot of flak for that position. But you’re still governor. I still write.

So while we look at the world differently, please bear with me as I make a case for why you should sign a bill to raise the cigarette tax by a half dollar per pack.]]></description>
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		<title>Keep guns from under the seats</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/04/keep-guns-from-under-the-seats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[APRIL 16, 2010 – State Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Denmark, wants to allow “responsible” gun owners to be able to stow guns under the seat of their car or truck.

This has got to be one of the dumbest proposals offered in a long time. ]]></description>
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		<title>State, nation need to focus on what counts</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/03/state-nation-need-to-focus-on-what-counts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/03/state-nation-need-to-focus-on-what-counts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARCH 19, 2010 – With legislators in Washington struggling to pass health care reform and lawmakers in Columbia bickering over the state’s dismal budget, an air of passivity hovers around government.

Why can’t our leaders get anything done? What would the founding fathers think of these challenged politicians?]]></description>
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		<title>Clyburn whips up support for health care</title>
		<link>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/03/clyburn-whips-up-support-for-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.andybrack.org/2010/03/clyburn-whips-up-support-for-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Brack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On Charleston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On the U.S.A.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) was in town over the weekend to whip some energy into about 200 local Democrats who had their county convention at the Stern Center at the College of Charleston.

It took only one topic to get thunderous applause: the imminent passage of major health care reform.]]></description>
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