So?
So, focus resources on those very real problems, such as unemployment.
And, getting off the Federal gubmint welfare program. This is from the Tax Foundation:
Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures: South Carolina is a Beneficiary State
South Carolina taxpayers receive more federal funding per dollar of federal taxes paid than the average state. Per dollar of federal tax collected in 2005, South Carolina citizens received approximately $1.35 in the way of federal spending. This ranks the state 16th highest nationally and represents a slight rise from 1995, when South Carolina received $1.20 per dollar of taxes in federal spending, ranking it 18th highest nationally. Neighboring states and the amount of federal spending per dollar of federal taxes collected were: North Carolina ($1.08) and Georgia ($1.01)