BRACK: Sales tax holiday was lipstick on policy pig

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |   Let’s see how excited we got about the sales tax holiday put on by the state over the past weekend: Whoop.  Nope.  Hooray.  Nah.  Yahoo.  Not quite.

South Carolina’s annual sales tax holiday is not only very bad public policy, it isn’t pandemic-friendly.  In normal circumstances, the tax-free weekend is a bad idea because of the multiple inequities it creates.  But during the coronavirus pandemic, it is extra risky because it encourages people to get out to shop when they’d be smarter by staying at home.  

by · 08/10/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views