2018 Volume 1 Free

PRSRT STD U.S. Postage The Paid Spartanburg, SC Integrity Permit No. 241 Times

De liv e ri n g w h a t th e Ma i n s tre a m Me d i a Mi s s e s o u t o n www.KevinBryant.com Please Vote on June 12, 2018 Bryant Momentum Keeps Growing The mainstream media is fond of claiming that they know how With Bryant’s clear, every political race is going to outstanding victories at the turn out. They did this for months during the 2016 elections, with recent debates, things aren’t publications like Newsweek looking good for the business- printing and releasing magazines celebrating Hillary Clinton’s victory as-usual politicos in this race. before ballots had even been clear and convincing victories at cast. As we saw in November of the recent debates, things aren’t that year, these forecasts were looking good for the business-as- dead wrong, and we now speak of usual politicos in this race. President Donald Trump instead Kevin’s hard work is finally of President Hillary Clinton--thank paying off. We’ve been hearing it goodness. We also know that their for months: “Kevin Bryant is the “predictions” were more than just best candidate, people love his bad guesses. The liberal media platform, but does he really stand a truly fear a victory by Republicans, chance?” But why is that a question much less Conservatives, and to begin with? Since when did they’ll do anything to stop it. people begin voting for whoever Just a few months ago, for Kevin Bryant and wife Ann they presumed to be winning that same reason, many pundits mass text requesting that his entire the so-called “leaders”. rather than for the candidate that were already speaking of the campaign pause to read Judges Kevin has crisscrossed South best represented their interests? gubernatorial race as a mere 7 and its message of faith that Carolina, burning up the leather Kevin Bryant is communicating formality that would end in a full leads to victory against all odds. in his shoes, and visiting with with people in a wide variety of term for replacement governor Kevin’s leadership helps everyone thousands of constituents to ways. Yes, he’s running television Henry McMaster. That too is in the campaign stay passionate deliver the Conservative message ads like the other campaigns, and shaping up to be wrong, and the and motivated, and they work as firsthand. He has never run from his ads are resonating with people liberal media have been forced hard today as when the campaign a question, he takes calls during throughout the state. But Kevin has to admit that Lt. Governor Kevin began nearly a year ago. That hard his radio interviews (unlike many also gone digital, reaching people Bryant has rapidly gained ground work is paying off. candidates), and publishes his online through a variety of outlets. and that he’s now toe-to-toe with The key to any campaign personal cell number. Instead, Through thousands of personal the competition. lies in getting your message Kevin engages people on their turf, meetings across the state and a Why is momentum growing in to the people. Kevin’s growing speaking about whatever subject slew of events he has attended or the Kevin Bryant campaign? It momentum results also from they’d like. This actually is his hosted, Kevin Bryant has worked starts with Kevin’s own conduct. the simple fact that as more favorite part of campaigning. hard to make sure you get to know Kevin sets the tone every day on people hear his message of The top candidates have worn him. Let him know the message the campaign trail, and those straightforward, uncompromising out their welcome and people was received when you go vote on working to elect him follow his Conservatism they like what they are leaving them, as evidenced June 12. example. The other day, he sent a hear, especially when compared to by the shifting polls. With Bryant’s THE ANTI-RACKETEERING ACT: Stopping Corruption at Home South Carolina has its own criminal Godfather The guilt of the and his name is Richard Quinn. Quinn, who has Quinn crime family has been a major political been exposed for all to see. consultant in South Carolina for many years, was recently indicted Carolina, Quinn served Photo credit: James Williams https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wando_River_Bridge_III.jpg on criminal conspiracy as the consultant to a charges for his role in an wide range of powerful elaborate pay-to-play vote politicians, including I-526 Bridge Designers have rigging scheme. His son, Governor Henry McMaster. Statehouse Representative While we have finally Quinn, was implicated in exposed the Quinn family, matters as well. Though we must continue to Questionable Track Record investigators ultimately work against the many The failing Wando River Bridge that which being a broken cable that was dropped the indictment politicians whom they has cut off access to I-526 was designed discovered on Monday morning. against Quinn Sr. as part inserted into office by FIGG Bridge Engineers--the same Initial estimates for how long the of Quinn Jr.’s plea deal for and controlled. Such firm behind the bridge near the Florida bridge would remain closed were misconduct in office, the multi-tiered criminal International University in Miami that optimistic, but it now seems that the guilt of the Quinn crime organizations are specially collapsed onto the highway below Wando River Bridge could potentially be family has been exposed covered under national earlier this year, killing six people. closed for several weeks. This will have a for all to see. During his laws, such as the Racketeer The Wando River Bridge has suffered severe impact upon the commute time operating in South See corrupt | page 5 from several issues, the most recent of See Wando | page 5 About Kevin

Born in Anderson County in 1967, Lieutenant Governor Kevin L. Bryant graduated from T.L. Hanna High School in 1985 and the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1989.

Since then, Bryant has managed, with his brothers and father, Bryant Pharmacy & Supply, an independent pharmacy located in Anderson. Working together, the Bryant family has upheld the “old corner drug store” image while creating a highly skilled pharmacy as well as a provider of oxygen, medical equipment, and diagnostic supplies. Schools deserve security options

Lieutenant Governor Bryant by Kevin L. Bryant students. These are just two married his wife, the former Previously published in South Strand News. What’s most important when examples, but the point is that Ann Barinowski of Augusta, local schools need the flexibility GA, in 1989; they have three The one thing in common someone enters a school and to find solutions among those in children and a daughter in law. among the school shootings starts firing a gun is that their community who care about The Bryants attend Concord that have horrified America and their schools. My bill provides that someone is firing back. Community Church, a non- stolen so many precious lives was flexibility. denominational New Testament not the type of weapon, or the fellowship, where Bryant has type of school or even the type general funds already flowing Concealed Guns served as a deacon. of community. The one thing in to our schools currently can be President Trump recently common is that no one in the used for school safety only by endorsed my approach when he In 2004, Lieutenant Governor school was shooting back. temporary proviso, and that said that schools should consider Bryant was elected to the South The fact is that school shooters makes year to year planning allowing “concealed guns (for) Carolina State Senate, where he prey on gun free zones where difficult if not impossible. gun adept teachers with military served for 12 years. As a member they know that they will be My bill would make the or special training experience.” He of the State Senate, he chaired unchallenged. Notice that mass common sense permanent added that armed staff, “would the General Committee and also shootings do not occur at gun change to those funding formulas now be able to immediately fire had committee assignments ranges or hunt clubs or any of the in order to provide maximum back if a savage sicko came to a on Agriculture and Natural 172 Texas school districts that arm flexibility and local control. school with bad intentions. Highly Resources; Corrections and certain personnel. My other bill removes the trained teachers would also serve Penology; Finance; and Labor, Shooters, regardless of their current mandate upon local as a deterrent to the cowards that Commerce, and Industry. mental state, obviously seek out schools that allows only active do this.” those places they know operate law enforcement to enter a school We have debated for years the Following the resignation of without adequate protection with a weapon. It places with proper measures to keep schools Lieutenant Governor Henry or resistance. Or, as President the local districts the authority safe. We do need to increase McMaster, Bryant was elected Trump put it, “A gun-free school to determine who might carry funding for and attention to President Pro Tempore of the is a magnet for bad people.” This a weapon in a school. There is mental health, for all ages. We do South Carolina State Senate simply is common sense, and no requirement and not even a need to learn from each incident before being sworn in as South the response should be equally suggestion of who might carry a and ensure that our schools and Carolina’s 92nd Lieutenant sensible. weapon, but I have some ideas. local law enforcement maintain Governor on January 25, 2017. In I know a combat veteran close relationships. We absolutely his role as Lieutenant Governor, Filing for Change currently teaching at a school need to encourage students Bryant serves as President of I filed two bills last year, before in my hometown. That person and parents to turn away from the leaving the Senate, to address clearly has the training and the reinforcements of violence and oversees the Lieutenant school safety in a straightforward experience to wield a weapon and hate that continually grow Governor’s Office on Aging. and common sense manner. One in defense of others. I would feel in popular culture. All of those During his tenure in public bill codifies flexibility for already better as a colleague or parent things are important. service, Lieutenant Governor existing state school funds in of a child in his school, if I knew But, what’s most important Bryant has been a constant voice order to allow schools to use he was equipped to fight back when someone enters a school for limited government, lower those funds for school safety, during an attack on the school. and starts firing a gun is that taxes, and supporting traditional including armed resource officers. Our communities also are filled someone is firing back. The family values. As Lieutenant The bill also specfies that “school with retired law enforcement longer we wait to ensure that, the Governor, he remains committed safety” includes law enforcement personnel whom schools might longer we will mourn for innocent to his beliefs and providing officers. Lottery money, Education employ. Although, many might victims. superior constituent service to all Improvement Act and other state volunteer to help protect and South Carolinians. defend the faculty, staff and Supporting a free energy market in SC by Kevin L. Bryant political favor to further their Thank you Senator Tom Davis for own interests above those of standing with me in support of a customers and taxpayers. totally free energy market in South • Sell Santee Cooper ONLY AFTER Carolina. We must immediately it is valued properly by an start the deregulation process in independent advisor. Instead order to obtain true consumer of selling at the bottom of the choice. As governor, my plan market, we must be deliberate includes: in our assessments and obtain • Repeal the Base Load Review Act top dollar for a multi-billion to protect the ratepayer. dollar asset that belongs to the • Maintain and preserve the billions taxpayers. of dollars’ worth of abandoned • Prohibit State Agencies from assets at V.C. Summer so they are paying outside lobbyists. As available for South Carolina to a senator, I sponsored the fulfill its first priority: making the bipartisan legislation, S. 335, ratepayer 100% whole. which stated, “It is unlawful for • Put the consumers’ fates in their a state agency, instrumentality, own hands rather than the or department to expand public hands of the government, so funds in order to employ or that utilities will no longer curry contract with a lobbyist.”

2 Paid for by Bryant for Governor June 2018 FEDERAL DEREGULATION IS EXCELLENT with local issues as well. Every famous “two for one” rule in organizations and to slim them But we have to federal bureaucrat could be South Carolina. The rule stipulates down through attrition. If we fired tomorrow and it would do that for every new regulation forbid them from hiring new nothing to change the absurd introduced two of the old employees for a few years then follow through overregulation that comes out of regulations must be eliminated. they will be forced to focus on Columbia. This simultaneously helps to efficiency, and we will gradually locally If we want to see true slow down new and reactionary be paying for fewer workers as prosperity, we need to take the regulations, while also culling people retire or leave for other by Brandon Wood Trump deregulation platform old regulations that we no jobs. One of President Trump’s and bring it down to our local longer need. We could apply this These policies have worked biggest campaign promises was scale. With a few simple changes universally to practically every wonders on a national scale deregulation. So far, Trump has we could greatly improve our government body with great and we’re already reaping some rid us of various burdensome state. Let us start by taking effect. benefits. There is no reason not business regulations and he has overreaching entities like the We could potentially save to try them right here at home. reduced the impact of bloated Department of Transportation ourselves millions of dollars At worst, they would be a useful federal bureaucracies that were and shifting them to be cabinet if we mimicked one more of exercise in downsizing the the bane of many working class positions. This would allow the President Trump’s changes: the government without causing any Americans. Governor to directly oversee federal hiring freeze. The federal major disruptions, and at best While these changes on a them and to hold the bureaucrats freeze makes certain exceptions, they may lead to an abundance national scale are helpful and well responsible for their actions. such as for the military, and we of funding and resources for the intentioned, South Carolinians Another simple fix would be could do the same. The key is to things that the people of South must concern themselves to institute President Trump’s identify bloated governmental Carolina actually care about. Brother, I can’t spare a dime by Kevin L. Bryant Previously published in The State.

There’s no detour around this issue: South Carolina roads and bridges need repair. However, I strongly disagree that the only way to fix our roads is to raid your wallet. The billions of dollars raised by the penny tax over several decades have not fixed education. A political Likewise, another $600 million taken out of your wallet every activist year, one dime at a time (per One person, elected statewide, the House legislation), will not I oppose taking the fruits of would be accountable for our at heart fix our roads. Instead, we’ll all roads and bridges. Taxpayers be standing here 10 or 20 years your labor in the name of could decide every four years if from now asking the same sort by Kevin L. Bryant fixing our roads, as if your that person is doing the job and My wife Ann and I first became of questions that we ask of K-12 make a change if they so choose. involved in politics because we education: Where did all our hard-earned money is pixie We must transfer local roads wanted to make a difference. We money go, and why are roads still dust that will magically to local governments, with the broken? licked the stamps, went door to make everything better. requisite funding, and allow local door and made hundreds of phone I oppose taking the fruits of taxpayers to make local decisions calls. But then we were betrayed. your labor in the name of fixing through their locally elected Candidates told me one thing, and our roads, as if your hard-earned officials. then as soon as they were elected, money is pixie dust that will The politicians tell us that Filling potholes should come they went back on their word. magically make everything better. you must pay more because before cutting ribbons. We must South Carolina needs a conservative Hardworking taxpayers should more people live here. But the prioritize, in statute, maintenance leader, and I’m the only candidate not have to be punished for the population has only grown and repair over new construction. with an actual voting record. You failure of government to use your by 15 percent since 2005. Our The state spends far more on new can trust that I’ll do what I say, money wisely in the first place. 70 percent spending growth construction than on fixing the because I’ve sponsored the bills and We often hear that a state should have accommodated a existing roads and bridges. taken the votes to prove it, and I’m agency cannot operate in 2017 15 percent population growth. We must abolish the State the only candidate that has. on a 1987 budget (the last time Yet the politicians still say it is not Transportation Infrastructure Whether it’s passing the death politicians successfully raided enough. Bank. It was created to fund penalty for those who rape our your wallet at the gas pump). But Dumping more money into a the needed Ravenel Bridge in children, authoring and passing the Department of Transportation broken system is not the solution Charleston. But since then, it the Exceptional Needs scholarship is not really operating on the to our roads problem. The answer has become a piggy bank for program, passing legislation to same basis as it was in 1987, or lies in how we spend the money, politically popular projects that obtain a 24-hour waiting period even just a few years ago. and I support these few, simple further seep money away from for a mother to reconsider saving The state budget contained changes to our infrastructure maintenance and repair — and the life of her child, or reforming approximately $1.3 billion for our spending and governance raise our debt. It must go away. unemployment law in SC to save roads and bridges in fiscal year policies. I believe that the adoption of hundreds of millions of dollars and 2005, when I entered the Senate. We have to remove politics these reforms will make a huge put tens of thousands back to work, The state budget contained $2.2 from infrastructure spending, difference in the condition of our there are 14 years of examples from billion for our infrastructure in the and that means eliminating roads and bridges. Simply taking my time in the Senate that I can last fiscal year. We’re budgeting the politically appointed, and more money out of your wallet, point to as reasons conservative almost 70 percent more on our therefore politically motivated, without changing anything about South Carolina voters should roads and bridges now than in Transportation Commission in the business as usual, won’t help choose me to be the next Governor 2005. Yet we’re told by politicians favor of a Cabinet agency headed us unclog the drain in Columbia. of South Carolina. that this isn’t enough. by a gubernatorial appointee.

vote Kevin Bryant for SC Governor Paid for by Bryant for Governor 3 APATHY: An Epidemic By Brandon Wood After nearly a decade of On June 12th, we backwards legislation and poor leadership, many of us are ecstatic should elect the to see the sweeping changes that only candidate are being enacted by the Trump Administration. To go from such in this race a lasting sense of frustration to with a proven a string of successes could make even the most pessimistic of track record us feel good about the state of of integrity, our country. It is not wrong to celebrate our victories, but there is honesty, and such a thing as excess. conservatism. As we rest on our laurels due to success on the national level, we begin to stop paying attention to pie-in-the-sky advertisements the still present issues at home. that are ultimately devoid of any Apathy is a sweeping problem meaningful policy proposals. overtaking conservatives in South We cannot allow ourselves to It’s Time to Give Back Carolina, as we struggle to care fall into this trap. Kevin Bryant is about what happens in our own running for Governor to fight the local legislature. Compounding Apathy Epidemic. He understands to Military Families this problem is the rightful distrust that we need to stay vigilant, even of the fake mainstream news, in the best of times, to prevent all By Kevin L. Bryant I believe children of all as many of us who have tuned of our progress being erased. As During a discussion with out the propagandists on CNN Lt. Governor, he’s done everything military families should College of Charleston College have not replaced them with a in his power to keep South Republicans, one student receive in-state tuition real news source. With no source Carolina running the way it should informed me that she was for timely information and no be running, just as he did while regardless of where they live. forced to pay out-of-state tuition impetus to seek local reform due serving in the Senate. For Bryant, because while her parents, who to contentment with national apathy isn’t a tool to be used are receiving in other states. are in the military, had been politics, South Carolina could that helps unpopular agendas Secondly, I believe children of all moved to South Carolina, they quickly find itself in trouble. pass—instead, it is a scourge to be military families should receive in- were still paying Florida taxes. Apathy causes people to defeated. state tuition regardless of where Her situation brings up two vote less often and to do so The only way to continue they live. I don't understand how issues. First, both active duty with less information. In such reforming our state – and our we can debate whether or not to military and retired veterans a circumstance, corrupt or country – into a better place for give illegal aliens in-state tuition should be exempt from the otherwise damaging politicians the next generation is to keep (which I oppose), but we're not income tax. Last summer, I visited can easily worm their way into a electing politicians who actually even providing this courtesy to every branch of the military in seat. It becomes obvious to them care about the people they’re the children of those who sacrifice our state and they all told me the that they only need to obtain a serving. To do that, we must stay everything for us. same thing: South Carolina taxes fraction of the usual turnout to informed and alert, during both It's time we give back to our are too high and as a result, those win and they set out to do just good times and bad. military families. As governor, in our military are choosing to that. At times like these, many Under Kevin Bryant’s these are just two examples of retire elsewhere. seats are outright purchased via leadership, we can defeat how I would focus on taking This is a problem that's easily dumping money into the race better care of our men and apathy and keep South fixed by providing, at the very and flooding every medium with women in uniform. Carolina great. least, the same exemptions they

Real Father Daughter Talk When Kevin’s daughter Morgan turned 18, the very first thing Kevin asked her was “Are you registered to vote yet?” She registered that day. Kevin understands the importance of participating in our political system and having a say in who represents us, and he has instilled those values into his entire family.

4 Paid for by Bryant for Governor June 2018 Corrupt: Influence can’t be bought and sold Influenced and Corrupt influence in our state’s legislature, Organizations Act (RICO), but and those who did so would suffer these laws do not always allow more severe penalties. for protection at a local level. That Without legislation designed is why gubernatorial candidate to stop the pay-to-play schemes Kevin Bryant has proposed the of Columbia, we will continue to Anti-Racketeering Act in South see lobbyists and politicos illicitly Carolina. controlling votes. We must strive The Anti-Racketeering Act, which to have a Statehouse that cannot is being sponsored by Senator be swayed with a few checks and , will be a state a nice dinner. Our representatives equivalent to the RICO act. Under must act with integrity and with this new law, it would become the interests of our populace in A Letter from Kevin much harder to buy and sell mind. As your Lieutenant It starts with the integrity of Governor, I have been all over this beautiful state of ours the individuals you choose to meeting with the elderly, our represent you, and I believe youth, and those who bravely serve in the military. I must admit there is great honor in public that I have been a little surprised service when you serve with by the number of times that I integrity. have been asked “Kevin, what are you doing?” My reply is “I am doing my job.” Because I believe that if you truly want to know 1,000 year flood, and Hurricane what is important to the people, Matthew. There was no looting, you need to meet them face to no gouging—only neighbors face, and have a conversation helping neighbors. with them—outside the bubble in And then, on one of our darkest Columbia. days, nine faithful innocents As a result of those were senselessly and tragically conversations, one thing has murdered in Charleston. But become abundantly clear: the there were no riots, burning, or people simply believe that the violent attacks. The families of political culture in Columbia the victims, instead, showed their breeds corruption and that many integrity in love and forgiveness— of our leaders lack the personal and that was a lesson for us all. It Kevin with a photo of SC’s ‘Godfather’ Richard Quinn, as he discusses the Anti- integrity to resist the temptations was a reaction that demonstrated Racketeering act. that empowerment brings, and the true power of faith, love, and that must change. family; one that made us proud to It is possible, but it starts with be South Carolinians. Longer commutes expected the integrity of the individuals We live in a place where Wando: you choose to represent you, and Gentleman still hold doors for time of many in the Mount Pleas- to have altered girders used in I believe there is great honor in Ladies. We still pull over for ant and Charleston area, as the the bridge without the consent of public service when you serve funerals. We still say “yes ma’am” bridge served as a valuable the manufacturer. This, along with with integrity. and “no sir”. We are proud through-line. Without it, a com- several other violations, led to FIGG I can assure you, that if I am Americans. With a moral compass mute that would normally take 20 being fined $28,000 by the state of fortunate enough to earn your as our guide, we still conduct minutes might take upwards of an Virginia. The federal Occupational trust and support to be your next ourselves with personal integrity. hour, depending upon the traffic. Safety and Health Administration Governor, I will never lose sight Congestion of alternative roads is (OSHA) issued an additional eight of the fact that I am duty bound a concern as well, as drivers have citations, which added on another to reflect the same integrity the INtegrity in Columbia The Culture of Corruption in few choices for circumventing the $9,800 to the fines on FIGG. people of this great state have Columbia does not reflect what bridge closure. In a time where South Carolina demonstrated time and time we should be and what we can While FIGG has never seen is in desperate need of road and again in the face of adversity. be. It is my goal, and the goal of an incident as dire as this year’s infrastructure improvement, the my campaign, to bring integrity Florida bridge collapse, the firm Wando River bridge closing is just an example of integrity back to Columbia and make it a has had other troublesome the most recent of the problems Think about what this state reflection of the great people of incidents in the past. In 2012 FIGG that drivers have been forced has been through just in the this great state. was constructing the South Norfolk to face. We will not know the recent past, and think about how Jordan Bridge in Virginia when a full extent of the damage and we have reacted. The integrity Thank you, God Bless you, God 52 foot-long span of the bridge inconvenience of the situation for and character of South Carolina Bless South Carolina, and God collapsed, injuring four workers quite some time, but the initial has shown itself through the Bless the United States of America. in the process. The situation was indicators are that both will be devastating Ice Storms, the investigated and FIGG was found quite severe. ballot Statewide Primaries June 12th, 2018 Governor If you live in Congressional District 4 Kevin Bryant Dan Albert Henry McMaster Yancy McGill Stephen Brown Catherine Templeton Mark Burns John Warren James Epley Attorney General Dan Hamilton Todd Atwater Josh Kimbrell William Herlong John Marshall Mosser Alan Wilson Shannon Pierce Justin David Sanders Secretary of State Claude Schmid Nelson Faerber William Timmons Mark Hammond Josh Putnam If you live in Congressional District 7 Kerry Wood Larry Guy Hammond If you live in Congressional District 1 Tom Rice Katie Arington Don’t forget to vote for the most Dimitri Cherney Mark Sanford qualified candidate!

vote Kevin Bryant for SC Governor Paid for by Bryant for Governor 5 STUDY: 91% of Mainstream Media’s Summer Trump Coverage was Negative Reprinted with Permission from Premium News Network

A study released by the Media Research Center has confirmed what many of us already know: the legacy media is against President Donald Trump. The study found that a whopping 91% of evening news coverage about President Trump was negative last summer. It goes on to say that about 39% of all evening news coverage for the duration of the study was about either President Trump or the Trump administration. The study focused specifically on ABC’s Teachers Leave Their Classrooms, World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly because We Don’t Let Them Teach News. By Kevin L. Bryant Things get more interesting ruinous testing and reporting “Imagine seeing a 200-pound Twenty-two when other stats come into regime. The mindless coloring of student chase down one of your play. Between January 20 and bubbles wastes precious time and teachers and punch her in the percent of new August 31 of 2017, the evening money, but the crushing tension face and break her glasses and news devoted almost 74 hours of and anxiety that begins weeks continue to punch her.” teachers hired total airtime to coverage of the before the onslaught destroys the “‘Standardized Test Scores.’ Trump administration. For the joy of learning for everyone, adults Those three words head the in 2016 left after entire duration of 2015 and 2016, and children alike. No teacher or list of reasons teachers like me the Obama administration only one year. principal that I know assigns any give up their dream…. Crushing received 59 hours of coverage. As value to the EOC. It must go away. paperwork, time-crunches, Rich Noyes and Mike Ciandella failed before to solve the problem Teachers and principals need to absurd curricula and unrealistic of the Media Research Center and will again. South Carolina control their classrooms. I believe expectations only accelerate the publication Newsbusters put it, needs radical structural reform. that many teachers leave the resulting exodus of high-quality I absolutely and unequivocally profession, especially from the “Trump…received teachers.” believe in school choice and tax challenging schools, because they more coverage in “Teaching morals and credits to support it. I authored have no ability to enforce rules good character has been de- the Exceptional Needs scholarship and discipline. his first 224 days in emphasized.” program, and I want to see it I also advocate local control office than Obama These are the words of South expanded for every child in South in security preparedness. One Carolina teachers. No wonder Carolina. School choice and of the last bills I sponsored as a received in his many cannot wait to leave. successful public schools are not state senator codifies the freedom final two years as Recent statistics illustrate the at odds or mutually exclusive. of local districts to arm people exodus from South Carolina public They actually are complementary, besides active duty police to keep President.” school classrooms. Twenty-two and I never will stop working for kids safe. Examples might include percent of new teachers hired in universal school choice. school personnel, retired police, or 2016 left after one year. Thirty- We may disagree on school active Guardsmen, but it would be eight percent of teachers left their choice, but our decades old a local decision. Georgia passed jobs within their first five years system for K-12 education simply a law in 2014 to allow these local in the most recent count. South no longer works, if it ever did. decisions and the Laurens County, Carolina colleges graduate about We must fundamentally change Georgia school board recently one-third less teachers than they our approach to public K-12 decided to use this freedom. We did just a few years ago. education. can and must do that here. Many politicians focus on The dozens of funding formulas, Worthless paperwork, testing teacher salaries as a solution, and I reams of regulation, bizarre and mania, and chaotic classrooms agree that many teachers certainly destructive systems of assessment leave teachers no space, time, Typically, presidents are given should earn more. Parents also tell (of both students and teachers), or energy to teach. Teachers some slack during their first me that some should leave the all mandated by Columbia and too often are focused on the few months as they settle into classroom altogether. Washington, have turned our struggling students to try and office, but the legacy media Teachers I talk to would like a public schools into Orwellian raise their test scores or on the has been negative towards the higher salary. But they equally, if stages where individuals of talent unruly ones to try and keep order Trump administration from the not more so, are concerned about and passion either lose their heart in the classroom. They spend outset. The study took care to the mind-numbing regulation and or succumb to the paradox of the very little time actually teaching, ignore soundbites and other red tape, the physically-sickening classroom as assembly line--and especially to those who want to content that was biased due to gauntlet of assessments, and then leave. learn. partisan politics, such as clips of the real prospect of violence, I advocate expelling Columbia I’m happy to hold a discussion Republicans praising President that renders their jobs nearly and Washington from the about teacher salaries, but for the Trump, or of Democrats bashing impossible. classroom. I also advocate really good teachers, no amount him. Instead, the study sought Higher salaries, the fiscally eliminating the Education of money will keep them on a to focus on “experts presented devastating TERI program, and Oversight Committee and its road to ruin--with a bubble test at as non-partisan, voters, or other financial incentives have the end. opinionated statements from the networks’ own reporters.” Given the constant cycle of hysteria that the mainstream, legacy media continues to create with misleading headlines and “anonymous sources”, it does not seem likely that the phenomenon identified by this study will stop any time soon, as even outwardly conservative legacy media organizations like Fox News seem to often portray the current administration in a negative light, though they were unfortunately not included in the study. In the meanwhile, we can only hope for more studies to offer insight into the heavily slanted coverage being offered up by the legacy media. Kevin and Ann enjoying an afternoon at the range

6 Paid for by Bryant for Governor June 2018 A Poll of Likely Primary Voters How Results attributed to a recent DHSG poll of 1001 likely Republican voters in the State of South Carolina. to vote Q. How would you rate the job Donald Trump has been doing as president? Do you approve or disapprove of the job he is doing? absentee Approve 82.62% 1. First, verify that you are Disapprove 11.79% eligible to vote absentee. You must meet one of the following Unsure 5.59% criteria in order to obtain your ballot:

Q. Thinking about how you get your news, which of the following do you prefer? • you are a student away at college (or a spouse or Television 60.44% dependent residing with the Online News 19.28% student) • you are a member of the Social Media 2.9% Armed Forces, Merchant Print 17.38% Marines, Red Cross, USO, government employees (or a spouse or dependent residing Q. Do you trust the mainstream media? with such a person) • you live overseas No Trust 61.24% • your job prevents you from Very Little 20.98% voting in person Moderately 13.49% • you are physically disabled • you are away on vacation Fully Trust 4.3% • you are 65 or older • you have been admitted to Q. Over the past few years, widespread corruption in Columbia, involving elected the hospital as an emergency officials and the Quinns has been uncovered by law enforcement. Do you believe patient on day of election or there is still more corruption to be uncovered in Columbia? at least four days prior to the election We Have More 74.43% • there has been a death or funeral in your family within 3 It’s Been Cleaned Up 3.8% days before the election Unaware of Investigation 13.49% • you are confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending No Opinion 8.29% disposition of arrest or trial • you are attending sick or physically disabled persons • you are on jury duty in state or federal court on election day • you are a certified poll watcher, poll manager, or county election official and you will be working on election day

2. Request an Absentee Registration. Be sure to request the Registration before the actual Ballot either at http:// www.scvotes.org/ or at your County Voter Registration Office. You may print the ballot, or request one at the Voter Registration Office. President Trump Continues to Jumpstart Economy 3. Return the ballot. Ballots By Brandon Wood offshore drilling and resuming that were being farmed out to low must be returned to your county Many of the doom-and-gloom coal production. No longer will wage workers in foreign lands. Not voter registration office by 7:00 Democrats and Never-Trump the United States be a land only can many of these companies p.m. on election day. Absentee Republicans have slandered burdened by absurd tax rates and come home, but they can now ballots may be returned either by our President with a long list dependencies on foreign oil. For afford to pay their employees mail or in person. of unearned labels. They have the first time in generations, our better wages than before. claimed that he is fiscally country can finally go back to As we continue to enjoy these irresponsible, bad at business, being independent. economic benefits, President Register to Vote and racist. Prior to the election, Energy is not the only industry Trump shows no signs of slowing https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/ they were fond of forecasting that President Trump is bringing down. He has recently voiced his ovr/start.aspx a recession during Trump’s first back stateside, however. support for yet another round term—a term that they swore Manufacturing jobs have exploded of tax cuts, less than a year after Verify registration would never be a reality. Now following President Trump’s policy passing the first. At this rate, https://www.vote.org/am-i- that President Trump has proven changes. It is now more attractive Donald Trump may truly be the registered-to-vote/#south_ them wrong on all counts, one for large businesses to build most ambitious President in carolina might expect them to change their their factories here and to hire American history. tune, but they have only doubled American citizens to do the jobs down. However you slice it, it is impossible to deny that President Trump has bolstered our economic situation—unless you’re a deluded Only 16% of South Carolina Residents Elect Our Leaders mainstream media pundit, that is. Article By Upstate Update During Trump’s Presidency so far, we have seen historically What if you Were not alloWed to vote? record low black unemployment, What if you had no control over who represents you? general unemployment has fallen For all the complaining that everyone seems to do, 84% of them fail to exercise their right to vote in our Primary below 4% for the first time in Elections. These are the elections where the real candidates are decided. 18 years, businesses have seen countless burdensome regulations When the General Elections roll around in November, you will hear people say, “I don’t like any of them... there’s rolled back, and taxpayers have not much of a choice.” You know what I’m talking about because16% you’ve heard it before... maybe you’ve even said it seen some of the largest cuts yourself. in the history of our country. Only 16% of residents turned out to vote in the last state-wide Primary Election. Multiple races in the past 4 years have President Trump is continuing to been decided by less than 40 votes. If you’ve ever complained, if you’ve ever wanted change, June 12th is the time to push, however, as he angles to vote. turn America into a net energy producer once more by exploring Would16% you not be angry if your right to vote was taken away? then Why Would you give it aWay? vote Kevin Bryant for SC Governor Paid for by Bryant for Governor 7 bryant On the Issues Economic Development

As South Carolina Governor, I will protect your wallet by reducing the regulatory burden on businesses. I am a small business owner, and I know first-hand that a special-interest driven tax code, including special breaks for large businesses, but not for small ones, coupled with a massive and counterproductive regulatory burden, are the two greatest impediments to economic development in SC.

A recent study from George Mason University shows that the cumulative effect of regulation in the US has cost about .8% of GDP or about $4 TRILLION since 1980. That also means about $13,000 per year straight out of the pockets of American workers – the regulatory burden is killing businesses and jobs in South Carolina and across America. We must turn the tide to ensure that free enterprise and the free market survive. I believe the grip of excessive regulation on S.C. businesses is Kevin reads to a local school on “Read Across America” day. leaving free enterprise in jeopardy and believe this current trend must be corrected to preserve prosperity. I will push for Government to take a new approach to how we Education regulate business. Instead of the cumbersome micromanagement As South Carolina Governor, I will promote your liberty by of our businesses with paper work, I would rather focus on the empowering parents to have more control of their child’s investigation and prosecution of fraud, abuse, and corruption. education. I firmly believe that parents are the primary educators of their children, and government should help, not hinder, parents from Limited Government fulfilling their role. Parents are aware of the educational needs of their children more As South Carolina Governor, I will promote your liberty by than anyone else, and I am committed to working to give parents defending conservatism. To me, conservatism reflects the very more education options, including the ability to decide whether idea of limited government that pervades the entire Constitution their child attends a public, public charter, private or home school. and the idea that legitimate political power must derive from the consent of the governed. Giving parents a full range of school options will not only help their children, it will also create greater competition in the education That consent is given very sparingly as a tool of last resort; a tool marketplace, thus improving all the schools in the area. which cannot replace God, family, and common sense; and a tool that must be used as close to the local level as possible in order to I am also committed to release teachers from overly burdensome keep it accountable to the people. regulations in our education system. Teachers also deserve the freedom to teach in a disciplined classroom. Good Tort Reform will allow teachers & principals to enforce Reducing Your Taxes discipline in our school. As South Carolina Governor, I will protect your wallet by Reducing regulation and administration costs will free up funds reducing your taxes because your taxes are too high. They are and get them where they are needed—the classroom. too high, in part, because government spends too much of your money doing things it shouldn’t be doing. The gas tax we paid prior to the recent increase, for instance, would go much further if it were College Education directed to the real priorities – like actually fixing the roads we use and need – not to build bike paths and green spaces and five-lane As South Carolina Governor, I will protect your wallet with roads with hardly any traffic. initiatives to give college graduates a chance to succeed. South Carolinians seeking higher education often pay too much on the In addition, the tax code is far too complicated and that is why I front end for a degree that earns them too little on the back end. support a fair tax which would eliminate special-interest exemptions Many of our colleges are too focused on their US News and World and eliminate income tax in favor of a pure consumption tax. It also Report rankings and not on preparing students for the reality of the would eliminate the IRS (and SCDOR). It really goes back to the role South Carolina job market–and all the while charging them (and the of government, and that role does not include picking winners and taxpayer) to live in the equivalent of a five-star resort. losers in the free market by manipulating the cost of goods. Each year sees more and more South Carolina college graduates You know how to spend your own money, and I favor letting drowning in a river of debt while tens of thousands of jobs in our you do it instead of government. state remain unfilled due to lack of properly skilled workers. We must refocus our approach to higher education so that graduates leave with less debt and more skills. It’s not about new buildings and Seniors and Aging Population exotic majors. It’s about young people getting good jobs–and those paying the bill–students, parents and taxpayers–getting something As South Carolina Governor, of value for their money. I will promote the liberty of our seniors by being a strong advocate for your needs. The 2nd Amendment In Columbia, it seems that the needs of our seniors are I introduced the first Constitutional Carry in South Carolina. continually pushed to the back As Governor, I will promote your liberty by defending your right burner – that must change. to keep and bear arms. I believe that the Second Amendment to Kevin volunteering with the our Constitution is clear. The fundamental right of all law-abiding Most of the funding for senior Americans to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. care comes from the federal Meals on Wheels program Period. government. But, whether it is cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, the spiraling costs of health care The Constitution doesn’t create that right – it ensures that the and long term care, the shortage of medicare beds or addressing government can’t take it away. I will always defend your right to our seniors desire for increased access to at home care – we MUST protect yourself and your family from those who wish to do harm. defend our ever growing senior population against cuts to essential services and advocate for creative solutions to the challenges facing our aging population, such as driving an initiative to partner Health Care with our technical and community colleges to address the severe shortage of trained care providers in order to deliver skilled As South Carolina Governor, I will protect your wallet by professionals to administer care to our seniors. advocating for the reduction in obstacles preventing real health care reform. Health care delivery in SC suffers from many hurdles, I will ensure that senior care gets the attention it deserves. most imposed by government, but the solutions really are fairly Pro-Life simple.

As South Carolina Governor, I will promote the liberty of every • We must open our borders to competition among insurers. human life as I truly believe that life begins at conception. I • We must eliminate government as the decider of who builds believe that life is a fundamental and irrevocable gift from God and health care facilities and where that it is incumbent upon us to protect the most vulnerable among • We must move toward a 100% managed-care model for Medicaid us, the unborn, with the full protection of the law. (but the managers must be managed). • We must continue to grow our economy to reduce the Medicaid While no woman should ever be forced to choose between rolls and improve the lives and lifestyles of all South Carolinians. her life and that of her child, ending a child’s life under any other • As a Registered Pharmacist, I witness waste in healthcare— circumstances is an unacceptable taking of human life. particularly Medicaid—every single day. 8 Paid for by Bryant for Governor June 2018 Pie in the Sky: Empty Promises By Staff writer Politicians are no strangers to lofty promises, but not every promise is created equal. Promises come in two forms: the kind that are highly difficult, but possible all the same under the right leadership; and those that are so unrealistic that they simply set us, the voters, up for disappointment. Unfortunately, some of the candidates in the Kevin Bryant speaks with the Darlington County Sheriff's Office about South Carolina's new Drug Take South Carolina gubernatorial race Back boxes. are offering the latter. Some have promised to take care of corruption in Columbia by drafting candidates and raising Drug Take Back Boxes Provide money to force out members of the legislature who oppose true Conservative reform. a Safe Drug Disposal Option Flipping the Legislature easy access to these forgotten and animals are known for If it were so simple a task then An answer for unused pills, often to tragic effect. getting into things that they every Governor would reconfigure prescription drugs As your Governor, Kevin Bryant shouldn’t. Depositing them into the legislature to suit their needs. will continue to do everything he a secure drug take back box The real problem is that South By Brandon Wood can to fight the opioid crisis. As a eliminates that risk and allows Carolina is what people across Lt. Governor Kevin Bryant has pharmacist, Bryant understands professionals to properly dispose the nation call a “legislative state.” been proud to provide, through just how dangerous it can be to of dangerous substances with no Legislators come and go, and the Lt. Governor’s Office on leave old medication unattended risk to yourself or your family. perhaps it even is possible to Aging, secure drug take back to. That is why he has used force some out, but the Governor boxes in South Carolina. These his position as Lt. Governor to If you are unsure where will have done nothing to expand boxes allow citizens to dispose advocate that every citizen of your nearest secure drug their own authority. of unused, expired, or otherwise South Carolina take the time to take back box is, you can The problem is not the unwanted prescription clean out their medicine cabinets individual legislator; it’s the medications. Many of these and to deposit anything they no visit takebackday.dea.gov structure of our government. prescriptions sit in bathroom longer need in one of the secure to find a collection site Our Founders envisioned and cabinets, forgotten about by drug take back boxes that have near you. designed three equal branches the patient who initially needed been deployed to our state. of government. South Carolina, them, and at risk for use by While we may be tempted to Please remember to take proper though is dominated by the a third party. This has been a simply throw old prescription care of your prescriptions and legislative branch, and no matter large contributing factor in the medications in the garbage, we to dispose of them as safely as who leads that branch, they have national opioid crisis, as both must remember that children possible. Doing so can save lives. no desire to relinquish any power. addicts and new drug users have Many candidates over the years have made a bogeyman out of this or that legislator, and those legislators indeed might have CELEBRATING THE OFFICE ON AGING been the face of the problem. By Brandon Wood I served in the South Carolina One of the most important roles Senate during a period that saw of South Carolina’s Lt. Governor three governors, three Speakers is that of overseeing the Office of the House, two Presidents on Aging. As Lt. Governor, Kevin Pro Tem of the Senate and Bryant has been proud to fill this countless different committee role. The Office on Aging exists to chairs and caucus leaders. Some help protect aging citizens and of these legislators were beaten adults with disabilities, and it has in elections, and couple even created a variety of programs to resigned amid ethics scandals. accomplish that. But, nothing changed, and I The Lt. Governor’s Office on learned that the core of the Aging manages the Alzheimer’s problem is not Representative X Resource Coordination Center or Senator Y, it’s the structure of (ARCC), which is a statewide our government. coordinator for services, information, and educational A Responsible approach programs aimed at assisting people It’s extremely important to fight with Alzheimer’s disease and those for the Conservative cause against close to them. There is also the the status quo. That fight, though, ElderCare Trust Fund, which helps begins with the Conservative fund programs to allow seniors reform of equalizing our branches to live independently and to stay As our elder population grows, we must take special care that of government. We do not need productive. For those who are any more pie-in-the-sky offers being mistreated, the Office on they are treated with dignity and respect. In our modern era, that will not come to fruition, we Aging has several Ombudsman our elders can live full and fruitful lives, regardless of the level need results in the Governor’s programs that investigate concerns office of South Carolina. We need and conflicts relating to a variety of care that they require. a governor who will finish the of issues, including Medicare and work of Carroll Campbell and Long Term Care programs. we must take special care that possible. truly restructure government into The list goes on and on, with they are treated with dignity and It has been an honor for Lt. something resembling the vision the Office on Aging providing respect. In our modern era, our Governor Kevin Bryant to serve of our Founders. Kevin Bryant seniors with help in practically elders can live full and fruitful the elder population of South both has a record of fighting every area of life, from pet care to lives, regardless of the level of Carolina through the Office on for the Conservative cause and the maintenance of senior centers. care that they require. If you or Aging, and he hopes to continue promoting the true reform of There are even meal programs an older loved one needs any that service in his role as Governor, establishing checks and balances that exist to make sure that our form of assistance relating to their wherein he will do everything in in our government. That is the most vulnerable elders are given a health, living environment, or his power to help every South lasting solution to the problem of nutritious diet. independence, the Office on Aging Carolinian, regardless of their age the “legislative state.” As our elder population grows, is there to provide as much help as or demographic.

vote Kevin Bryant for SC Governor Paid for by Bryant for Governor 9 THE SCDOT IS BROKEN

• “The presence of a Commission appointed by the General How do Assembly coupled with a department head appointed by the Governor creates we fix it? confusion and undermines the authority of both.” The South Carolina Department • “SCDOT’s internal auditing of Transportation has had ongoing function is ineffective due to problems for decades. Current the impaired independence of financial problems stem partly the chief internal auditor.” from a $5 billion program started • “The department could in the 1990s to construct 27 years not provide us with actual of roads in 7 years. After a 2006 expenditures incurred for the audit by the Legislative Audit preservation of roads and Council, the agency head retired. bridges...We have spent an The Office of the Chief Internal inordinate amount of time outcomes in order to make bidders and the amount of the Auditor was created to “establish, trying to determine how we informed management bids did not indicate sufficient implement, and maintain the might obtain the data...” decisions.” competition.” exclusive internal audit function • “The department is unable to • “SCDOT could not provide • “SCDOT underutilizes its Bid of all departmental activities” and report precisely how much any analysis to support the Analysis Management System/ produce audits that “comply with it has spent on outsourcing decision to complete $5 billion Decision Support System...Not recognized governmental auditing contracts...” in construction projects for using BAMS/DSS may also be standards.” The agency essentially • SCDOT has no effective the “27 in 7” projects. It also impairing the department’s went bankrupt in September 2011 program “to determine the could not demonstrate it ability to detect collusion and when it could not pay contractors. best times to apply the most considered the debt service it bid-rigging.” The Chief Internal Auditor was cost-effective preservation would be paying, or the future questioned during an August treatments [such as repaving] maintenance and preservation It is obvious that the DOT is in 2015 House Oversight Committee for non-interstate roads.” costs it would incur, as a result dire need of a serious overhaul hearing, where it was revealed • “We found that SCDOT has of the new construction.” before it receives any increase in that the Commission prohibited employees assigned to job • “SCDOT has implemented funds. The agency is plagued by him from investigating fraud and classifications for which they the design-build model poor record keeping, possible bid waste, after he saved the agency do not meet the minimum despite not having assurance collusion, cover-ups of fraud and tens of millions of dollars. SCDOT qualifications... We reviewed that its own use of design- waste, an impaired organizational Commissioner Mike Wooten 716 SCDOT employees...and build has resulted in savings structure, and much more. By actually threatened to fire the found that...196 (27%) of them or other benefits that making the DOT a cabinet level Auditor during the hearing. As did not possess at least a outweigh its disadvantages. agency under the Governor, a result of such problems, the bachelor’s degree, a minimum The department has not we will finally be able to hold Legislature requested another requirement for those conducted its own evaluation someone directly accountable LAC audit, which was completed classifications.” to determine if this approach for their performance. Kevin in April of 2016 and can be read • “We encountered a number to project delivery is optimal.” Bryant is the only candidate for online (http://lac.sc.gov/LAC_ of issues related to the • “We found 71 (42%) of 170 Governor advocating for this vital Reports/2016/Documents/SCDOT. department’s management contracts awarded by SCDOT change, and he is ready for the pdf). This highly-critical 360- of data. Many of these are in 2010, 2012, and 2015 responsibility of overseeing the page audit discovered numerous failures to adequately analyze resulted from bid solicitations DOT into a new age of efficiency problems, including the following: expenditures and program in which...the number of and transparency. As Trump Victories Increase, Mainstream Media Stays Silent By Brandon Wood During the 2016 elections, The mainstream media countless pundits made gloomy prophecies of what the United seems to ignore Trump’s States would devolve into if success whenever possible, Donald Trump were elected they are all too eager to President. A wide range of predictions were made—Trump cover every perceived would cause a market crash misstep along the way. with his brash behavior; foreign relations were going to suffer Despite the doomsday calls, because other leaders don’t like Trump – and America – came Trump’s style; and claims that out on top, with North Korea World War 3 would happen due capitulating to many of our to Trump’s Presidency were put demands, including the release forth countless times. of their American prisoners. In the real world, however, none Now Trump faces another of these absurd warnings have of North Korea into peace talks admit that Trump has succeeded difficult negotiation in Iran, come true. While the mainstream with denuclearization on the when they have no choice, as we pull out of the failing media seems to ignore Trump’s table. Meanwhile, ISIS has been their first inclination is always nuclear deal from the previous success whenever possible, they decimated—their leadership to spin events as disastrous for administration. Pundits are once are all too eager to cover every has been rapidly captured or our President. When it came to more ringing the World War bell, perceived misstep along the way. eliminated, and their territory the North Korea situation, every hysterically claiming that Trump President Trump began to make has dwindled down to small, pundit from DC to California has gone too far this time. If the good on his campaign promises scattered pockets. was insisting that Trump was President continues his pattern on day one. He immediately On the economy, foreign risking nuclear war by being of excellence and success, all withdrew us from the Trans- relations, and national security, too aggressive. In truth, these indicators point towards the Pacific Partnership and began President Trump has come out stuffed shirt, talking heads do mainstream media being wrong work on deregulating the massive on top again and again. Of the not understand the strong arm on this as well. federal bureaucracies that have eighteen specific promises that diplomacy and negotiation As more Americans turn off plagued regular Americans for candidate Trump made for his tactics used in most of Asia. the mainstream news and begin decades. Over the last year and first 100 days, thirteen were Trump – being a globally getting their information from a half, Trump has managed to fulfilled, and several others were successful businessman who independent outlets, the failing pass one of the most massive given commendable efforts. has worked in these territories legacy media firms will only act tax cuts in history, reduced It is clear that our President is for decades – has a deep out in increasingly bizarre ways illegal immigration, improved willing to follow through with his working understanding of how to try and save their dwindling our immigrant vetting process, plans and to fight for the change to negotiate with leaders in ratings. If you must watch these withdrew the United States that millions of hard working China, Korea, and Japan. This is news sources going forward, from the toothless Paris Climate Americans desperately need. something that Obama lacked, it might be best to do so with Accords, compelled China to You would not know this, as he would fecklessly apply popcorn in hand, as the only help us enforce our sanctions however, if you were watching Western negotiation tactics value left is that of unintentional on North Korea, and has even CNN, MSNBC, or even Fox News. to countries where business is entertainment derived from forced the rogue nuclear state While they will occasionally handled differently. transparent propaganda.

10 Paid for by Bryant for Governor June 2018 Despite Vicious Trolling, Bryant Income Continues to Stand for his Values Tax, An

By staff writer Internet comment sections Unnecessary are often full of “trolls”—users who will say or do anything to get a reaction that they find Burden entertaining. This can quickly devolve into a never ending cycle by Marcus Strickland of hateful rhetoric and insults. Taxes in South Carolina seem Kevin Bryant knows this firsthand, to be going up and up, but as his official Facebook page has many states are eliminating been swamped with countless one realm of government despicable comments attacking confiscation entirely. Nine states him and everything he believes in. spread across our Republic This is why many good, qualified have no income tax, and others people do not wish to seek are attempting to follow suit. office. Few are willing to submit Tennessee even made a change themselves to the vitriol that often to their state constitution comes with public service. Those to give into the demands of their make his life a little easier. forbidding the implementation of good people who do seek office opponents than to endure another If we want good people in office, an income tax. and manage to succeed then day of vicious attacks. we should be willing to help stand Whether the motivation have to deal with the constant Kevin Bryant dealt with the up for those who stand up for us. comes from a principled desire browbeating and vile tactics for abuse hurled at him when he was Kevin Bryant has stood for us, time to recognize a person’s income years on end. Unfortunately, that is a Senator and he has held strong and time again. On June 12th, take as their own property, or from the point at which many politicians against it as Lt. Governor. Bryant your stand and elect a time-tested, potential economic benefits – even those who began as well- is battle-tested and he will never proven conservative for Governor. for the state and its citizens, meaning – cave. It becomes easier compromise his principles just to the end results are the same. The additional money in the pockets of the people bolsters faith in employment and the potential for a rewarding career; encourages businesses to hire more employees if corporate income is included; and drives business to interact with the wealthier populace.

Today’s income tax is far more invasive than imagined when first implemented: the Federal income tax was meant to never exceed 10%, but many Americans pay 30% or more.

Another Time Compared to our historical tax rates, every type of modern tax would appear to be a monstrous behemoth. With taxes climbing on gas in every state, the elimination of the income tax would be welcome aid to our state’s working class. The primary difference between a tax on income and one sales or property is that it is progressive - it scales up as earnings increase. The obvious purpose of this kind of design was laid out by its supporters in the early 1900s - a period which saw America’s first Socialist Party congressman - as a way to accomplish income redistribution. The assumption is that government has a place in shaping society. But take a hint from Bill Gale, a tax policy expert at the Brookings Institution: “If you don’t want the state to redistribute income, then you’re probably happy that it doesn’t have an income tax.”

Bryant to fight income tax Aided by support among the people, the South Carolina legislature could get rid of the income tax, and compensate for the reduced revenue by slashing pork barrel projects and downsizing bureaucracies. Gubernatorial candidate Kevin Bryant has said that he would support and sign a measure to eliminate the state income tax in a “skinny minute.”

Thus far, no other candidate for Governor has voiced support for such a measure. vote Kevin Bryant for SC Governor Paid for by Bryant for Governor 11 Paid for by Bryant for Governor Catching up with Kevin

Independence Day at the Lexington County Peach Festival

Kevin loves to see our local youths getting involved and voicing their opinions.

Kevin meeting with local law enforcement officers in Bluffton, SC.

Kevin congratulating the men and women of the 1st Battalion 61st Infantry Regiment of Kevin was proud to participate in the Veteran Fort Jackson SC on their graduation Garden Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.

Kevin and Ann joined Senators Shane Martin and for a day at the races. Kevin was honored to meet Richard Petty! www.KevinBryant.com 12 104-A North AvenuePaid for by Bryant • Anderson,for Governor SC 29621 June 2018