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Posts tagged as “jobs”

Madville Makes Merry with Poem on Policy

Who says I can't celebrate Christmas? I observe the holiday with a poem for South Dakota Magazine. Here's the first stanza of my meditation on the Build Dakota Scholarship: Check out the full poem at South Dakota Magazine. Merry Christmas,…

Higher Minimum Wage Does Not Deter Restaurant, Hotel Hiring

South Dakotans making minimum wage, you get a raise in ten days. Happy New Year, and you're welcome! The Chicken Littles who warn that we heartless liberals (apparently that's 55.05% of South Dakotans) are going to hurt the poor by…

Obama Beating Bush on Post-Recession Jobs Recovery

Kevin Drum produces a remarkable chart that shows President Barack Obama's clear superiority to his predecessor in helping the economy recover from recession: Count private employment as a percentage of the labor force, and you see that in five and…

House Passes Keystone XL Bill on Same Old Jobs Lies

Rep. Kristi Noem voted today to support the House's unconstitutional effort to violate the separation of powers and tell TransCanada it can build the Keystone XL pipeline without the approval of the President of the United States. Rep. Noem is…