Is South Carolina Jim DeMint's Vision For the Rest of America?

South Carolina's Sen. Jim Demint leads the far right fridges of the Republican Party and Tea Party movement. His state has been dominated by extremely conservative political leadership for over 200 years and is home to some of the most severe poverty, public health problems and unemployment in the U.S.A. Add to that massive failures in education and public health and the most violent crime in the nation, and you can get an idea of what Demint’s vision for the rest of the country looks like.

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Massive budget cuts threaten South Carolina's elderly and impoverished youth

Massive state budget cuts, the result in large part of federal austerity policies forced by the Republican dominated House of Representatives and supported by tea party Senators like South Carolina's Jim Demint and Governor Niki Haley threaten to further impoverish South Carolina seniors and poor children.