2014 SC Senate debate: on Corporations


Lindsey Graham: AdWatch: Hero of the taxpayer & guardian of small business

Graham is touting his conservative bona fides on economic issues in a new ad campaign: "He's been a 'hero of the taxpayer,' the 'taxpayers' friend' and a 'guardian of small business.' He was ranked as a top five Senate budget-cutter by National Taxpayers Union Foundation," a narrator says in his new TV ad. "He opposed ObamaCare from day one, voted to repeal it and introduced legislation giving states the option to opt out. Sen. Lindsey Graham: A conservative leader who gets things done."
Source: The Hill e-zine AdWatch on 2014 South Carolina Senate race Mar 3, 2014

Jay Stamper: Stop giving away millions in corporate welfare

Stamper moved to South Carolina a year ago to run for Graham's seat, and he said he has found most people welcoming. That welcoming, hospitable spirit will be important for South Carolina moving forward in growing the economy and recruiting new businesses without giving away millions in "corporate welfare," Stamper said.
Source: Spartanburg Herald-Journal: 2014 South Carolina Senate race Jan 13, 2014

Lindsey Graham: 1997: Created trucking logistics company with 100 employees

In 1997 I was working very hard and had been successful as a salesman in the trucking brokerage industry when I made the decision to forge ahead and start my own business. That year I incorporated On Time Transportation and On Time Trucking in Roebuck, South Carolina: On Time Trucking was a brokerage while On Time Transportation was a nationwide logistics company specializing in volume LTL (less-than-truckload) shipments.

With a lot of hard work, the business grew substantially. In less than six years we were grossing in excess of $10 million and running scores of trucks to all parts of the continental US. At the peak of the business I was able to create jobs for over 100 people.

I can testify to the mind-boggling costs of government regulations. Naturally, we also had to hire accountants & lawyers, just to keep compliant with 48 different state-regulators, the Federal government (particularly the IRS and Interstate Commerce Commission), all the while fending off the Teamsters union.

Source: Lee Bright OpEd on 2014 South Carolina Senate race Jan 1, 2014

Rick Wade: Served in Obama's U.S. Commerce Department

Wade is a Democratic National Committeeman with extensive corporate and government experience--including a senior post in Barack Obama's U.S. Commerce Department. An early supporter of Obama's 2008 campaign, Wade is expected to receive extensive national support in his effort to unseat Scott--who was appointed to his post a year ago by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley.

This won't be Wade's first bid for elected office. In 2002 he was handily defeated by Republican Mark Hammond in the race for S.C. Secretary of State--although at that point he had yet to build a national network of supporters.

We also expect Wade--who helped lead Obama's 2008 minority turnout effort--to help mobilize black voters in a big way in 2014.

Source: FITS News on 2014 South Carolina Senate race Dec 13, 2013

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Candidates and political leaders on Corporations:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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