When I've helped people do their income taxes, I've pointed to the total tax (Line 63 on this year's 1040) and said, "That's your price for being an American." But what if taxes worked the other way? What if the…
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Nigel Duara's article on Dakota State University football includes one intriguing tidbit on DSU internal politics: Two years ago, after nonstop losing, Dakota State's president pledged 2013 would be [head football coach Josh] Anderson's last season. Then that president resigned.…
You don't get all the toys you want, because Mom and Dad need to keep a little money in the bank, just in case you crack your skull riding that new sled. Now go outside and play. South Dakota state…
How does a practical Republican react to an underperforming state economy and Governor Dennis Daugaard's blasé budget proposal? John Tsitrian says drop the political posturing, prioritize practical economics, and expand Medicaid: Given Daugaard's cautiously reactive tone when discussing the upcoming…
Didn't we ban earmarks? You wouldn't know it from the appropriations bill groaning through Congress. Senator Tim Johnson highlights a provision that will keep the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's national fisheries archive at the D.C. Booth National Fish Hatchery…
I have a three-point plan for South Dakota to invest in schools, roads, and natural resources instead of the failed voo-Daugaard-onomics of the last four years. Finding money for teacher pay, road repairs, environmental protection, and parks may sound like…
South Dakota is spending less money on Medicaid than expected this fiscal year. Whether this unexpected underspending is related to the record low rate of growth of health care spending under the Obama Administration is open to discussion. Whatever the…
Governor Dennis Daugaard's budget proposal includes a new Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Initiative. A major part of the plan is to reduce the frequency and length of residential placements of juvenile offenders—i.e., put more kids on probation instead of yanking them…