No unemployment for
Republican cronies…
S.C. unemployment up to 10.9%
Almost 2 percentage points higher
than the U.S. average.
Jay W. Ragley
Superintendent Executive Assistant
• Education?
• Work Experience?
• Jay is paid $78,000 a year
+ benefits =
$99,840 of your tax dollars.
?
Justin Evans
Director of Policy & Intergovernmental Relations
• Graduated from Clemson University in 2006
• Work Experience
– SC Policy Council
– Haley campaign
– Sales?
• Justin is paid $62,500 a year
+ benefits =
$80,000 of your tax dollars.
Why? 
Matt Nichols
Adjutant General Executive Assistant
• Graduated from LSU in 2005
• Work Experience
– NFIB
– SCGOP – being paid $40,000
• Matt is paid $68,000 a year
– Matt is a “temporary employee” making the
absolutely maximum someone in his
position can.
Robert (Taylor) Hall
Governor Cabinet Liaison
• Graduated from Furman University in 2009
• Work Experience
– Worked on Haley campaign 1/10-8/10
– Worked for SCGOP 8/10-11/10
• Robert is paid $70,000 a year + benefits
=$89,600 of your tax dollars.
Tim Pearson
Governor Chief of Staff
• Graduated from Lehigh University in 2004
• Work Experience?
– See application attached
• Tim is paid $125,000 a year + benefits =
$160,000 of your tax dollars.
?
Rebecca Schimsa
Special Assistant to the Gov. Chief of Staff
• Graduated Clemson in 2006
• Charleston Law in 2009
• Work Experience?
– Banana Republic?
• Rebecca is paid $60,000 a year + benefits =
$76,800 of your tax dollars.
Good to be a Republican!!
• The State of South Carolina has 10.9%
unemployment and an median individual income
is $21,290.
• The Republican cronies have an average age of
27.5 and an average income of $77,250.
• On top of their salaries they have a 28% increase
of tax dollars going towards benefits equaling an
average age of 27.5 and average income +
benefits of $98,880 of your tax dollars!