Paper says study comes at a good time

The Charleston (S.C.) City Paper said in an issue today that the Center's Doing Better study was an attempt to shed light and provide clarity in the neverending debate about taxes:

The study could not have been released at a more opportune time. Knowing the vote-rallying power of a good tax cut, politicians are among the most eager to engage in the tax debate. This is never more true than in an election year. Constituents have been bombarded with tax-centric news since the [South Carolina] General Assembly convened in January. Sales tax, property tax, income tax, for roads, for schools, for public services — it has become a blur of numbers and percentages, half-cents and tax holidays.

One of the interesting things the story did was to "translate" the 11 tax reform ideas outlined by the Center in colorful, easy-to-understand language. For example, in describing the idea of rethinking senior tax preferences, the City Paper observed, "Currently this piggy bank of a demographic is given full exemptions for Social Security income, a private pension exemption, additional deductions, and property tax allowances."

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