"The county needs some money, so the quicker we can take the steps, the better... The county's kind of living from paycheck to paycheck." -- Richland County Commissioner Dave Swartz 'justifying' the need to raise the local sales tax rate a quarter point to 6.5%.

It must be nice to be able to go out and legally use lethal force to get more money when you're running short. Of course, when private citizens do that they go to jail.