There are all sorts of reasons not to vote for Mitt Romney. One of the simplest is that Romney's tax plan won't reduce the deficit. So says Erskine Bowles, who co-chaired the deficit reduction commission with Alan Simpson: This month,…
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Yesterday I grumbled over lunch about the misnamed Super Committee sitting around watching football instead of taking action to curb the deficit. An eager reader points out that, if we're really worried about the deficit above everything else, a do-nothing…
Last year's BP oil rig explosion and spill are still having numerous health, environmental, and economic impacts. Among the lesser known neurological impacts: political amnesia. It appears that Big Oil can cause Intern Kristi Noem and her Republican colleagues on…
The Legislature is considering numerous bills on our state sales tax. The House Taxation Committee has already killed HB 1131, which would have repealed the tax on food and replaced that revenue by tacking another 0.35% tax on everything else.…
All conservatives got with Kristi Noem was looks. Observers outside South Dakota are already seeing that, far from a true Tea Party crusader, Noem is just another pork-seeking farm-state politico. Take her comments on subsidies for ethanol: Speaking on the…
Say it again, kids: South Dakota loves federal money. South Dakota lives on federal money. The new Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership building will be built on Uncle Sam's dime. Madison's city fathers cheerfully announced a $290K handout from the federal…