Gordon Howie tries to pin me down on fiscal policy and the national debt. He gets me to say that spending more to get out of debt "sounds nuts, nuts, nuts!" But I stand by what I say in this…
Posts tagged as “national debt”
I'm having fun reading the Harstad Strategic Research survey of Millennial voters in the context of the points made by our Republican Senate candidates in last night's debate. A viewer asked the candidates how they respond to Nobel Prize-winning economist…
John Tsitrian upbraided Rep. Kristi Noem last weekend for ignoring reality and voting for against this month's no-drama debt-ceiling increase. Tsitrian's Rapid City neighbor Corinna Robinson, who happens to be running for Rep. Noem's job, must be reading: Doesn’t Representative…
Hard-core conservatives call Speaker Boehner's cooperation with Democrats in passing a no-drama, no-strings increase of the debt ceiling "complete capitulation." Rapid City blogger John Tsitrian calls it a pragmatic recognition of the best way to cut deficits: ...increase revenues, people.…
Congresswoman Kristi Noem is scrambling to defend her vote for fiscal disaster Wednesday. She tries to turn our attention away from her destructive politics by claiming in her latest column that letting the national debt grow is a bigger problem.…
I really don't want Marion Michael Rounds to win South Dakota's open Senate seat. He would legislate as he governed, absent of vision and sacrificing principles for the crony capitalism that does more daily practical harm to liberty and democracy…
Rep. Kristi Noem offers the following excuse for her vote against reopening the government and averting global economic catastrophe: This agreement will reopen the government and stop any talk of a default, which are both good things. However, I could…
Rick Weiland sends out a press release with two impressive features. One is his mention of speaking to a crowd of over 120 people in Sioux Falls last night. He got over 120 people to come out to the Labor…