If you're feeling economical this fine summer morning, read finance professor Noah Smith's evaluation of six major conservative arguments about the 2007–2009 recession and the recovery. Smith finds all six mostly wrong: Fannie, Freddie, and the Community Reinvestment Act caused…
Posts tagged as “welfare”
KELO tells us that Walmart is trying to play good neighbor by making some changes to its proposed store at 85th and South Minnesota just outside the current boundaries of Sioux Falls: Walmart is now back at the table with…
Rep. Kristi Noem is showing her non-conservative stripes again. Ken Santema notes that South Dakota's lone Congresswoman voted for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) Thursday: Looking at today’s vote in the House I can’t help but notice…
In response to yesterday's post on Matt Varilek's proper support of food stamps (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP), I heard a Facebook commenter fulminate about the "crazy increase" in food stamp enrollment. Sure, more people are using food stamps,…
Attorney General Marty Jackley has released the 2011 Crime in South Dakota report. AG Jackley says our crime stats show "that South Dakota remains a relatively safe place to live as a result of law enforcement efforts, strong community involvement,…
The other day I saw Jerry Johnson, one of the lead organizers of the plan to build a publicly subsidized thrift store on Madison's Main Street. He said he'd seen that there were a "couple of comments" on the blog…
Gordon Howie's propaganda machine gripes and moans (again, linklessly! Why does South Dakota's right-wing blogosphere have to suck so badly?) that healthcare is a privilege, not a right attested in the Declaration of Independence. Maintaining a military presence in other…