Agricultural industry groups complain that President Barack Obama's immigration action won't help them find the workers they need to bring home the bacon. In a brilliant display of rationalization, Hurley hog farmer Steve Schmiechel says the President's inaction and the…
Posts tagged as “free market”
Pat Powers parrots another press release from Rep. Kristi Noem claiming that she led the House in passing the Reliable Home Heating Act. Given that the bill, sponsored by Senator John Thune and co-sponsored by Senator Tim Johnson, coasted through…
It's funny how blog conversations come together. Last week I sat down to chat with Independent candidate for governor Mike Myers. Among other things, he mentioned that we should require hospitals to publish prices for all of their procedures. South…
After rejecting Senate Bill 114 to allow South Dakotans to order wine by mail, the Legislature has decided to conduct a summer study on the topic. AP's Nora Hertel gets some useful information on personal wine imports from nurse anesthetist…
In the Facebook conversation on my post on pro-discrimination Senate Bill 67, my crazy cousin Aaron (not to be confused with my sane wife Erin) maintains that government is a greater threat to liberty than the free market. If you…
In my South Dakota Magazine column this week, I harken back to Adam Smith and challenge some gubernatorial candidate to propose eliminating the Governor's Office of Economic Development: ...let government fulfill its proper role of doing what the private sector…
Sioux Falls joins the march down the great South Dakota path of crony capitalism with its proposed ordinance to outlaw ticket scalping: Sioux Falls business owner Brian Opp is speaking up to make sure the ordinance, if passed, does not…
In our continuing fight for economic justice, I yield the floor to Yankton reporter and commentator Nathan Johnson, because he is right, and because he writes so well: If Americans truly want to address the poverty that is growing around…