Friend of the blog Lanny Stricherz tells me that the Watertown Public Opinion was going to charge him $100 to print his letter to the editor, because it was a political letter. Apparently money really is speech... or, more accurately…
Posts tagged as “money”
My blog friend John Tsitrian picks up on the Oligarchy not a Democracy study and says, No big deal: CNBC's Robert Frank writes a nice critique and analysis of the study I reference and calls attention to the fact that…
How about we just go back to wampum? The Legislature is considering House Bill 1213, which would add tribal governments to the roster of entities to which the state Board of Economic Development can give money and create a task…
New Jersey lawyer Harold Cassidy has made a career of meddling in state legislatures, including South Dakota's, promoting restrictions on abortion that deny women their rights to privacy and bodily autonomy. But he evidently hasn't made a good living at…
Rick Weiland has been talking about the imbalance of power wrought by big money in Onida and Akaska. Here's a video of Weiland bringing the class-warrior heat (remember: the plutocrats fired first!): The rich and powerful are always going to…
Read this Bloomberg article on South Dakota's blossoming dynasty trust industry, and try singing "Hail, South Dakota!" with a straight face. We're helping billionaires shelter $121 billion in assets, promoting income inequality and tax-dodging: States like South Dakota are “creating…
Supposedly, nine days ago, Annette Bosworth mailed her financial disclosure form to the Senate Ethics Committee. She was supposed to do so by August 11, but she begged for a 90-day extension. She didn't file by the new due date…
Today's quote from the Wayback Machine comes from Sioux Falls reporter Peter Harriman, who in 2008 tagged a quote from South Dakota's EB-5 coordinator Joop Bollen with this uncomfortable heading: Bollen leaves ethical considerations to others. "The U.S. federal government…