David Owen, president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, visits the Yankton Elks to agitate in favor of Governor Daugaard's corporate welfare policies. He tries to defend tax refunds to big companies with this comment on the revenues we…
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I want to be suspicious of Governor Dennis Daugaard. Anybody who campaigns for office saying there is not budget crisis then turns around after winning and argues we have to slash the state budget ten percent warrants some suspicion. I…
...and you can see and Feel the Surge(!!!) of the "Forward Madison 2" launch... My neighbor Ashley Kenneth Allen attended the Lake Area Improvement Corporation's dog and pony show promoting its "Forward Madison 2" economic development initiative, which is counting…
The official corporate federal income tax rate in America is 35%. But corporations like Mitt Romney (corporations are people, so people are corporations, right?) often pay an effective tax rate less than 15%. Corporations get a similar break on state…
South Dakota Republicans continue to wage class warfare. Rep. Mark Kirkeby (R-35/Rapid City) wants to try again at requiring welfare recipients to take drug tests. Rep. Kirkeby proposed such a bill last year; it failed in the House 26-42. Rep.…
When Steve Sibson takes his meds and stops screaming about Masons, he can make some great points. For example, Sibson perfectly skewers the self-serving inconsistency of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce in its opposition to both Referred Law 14…
As the snow starts to fly, Governor Dennis Daugaard is getting ready to fly south... as is a chunk of our tax dollars. Right after the Western Governors' Association meeting in Palm Springs December 7 and 8, Governor Daugaard heads…
Time to clear the queue! Here are some energy and environment notes from all the tabs crowding the top of my browser: If we can get rid of direct payments to farmers, surely we can get rid of $24 billion…