Dakota Free Press hits the airwaves again tomorrow! The Greg Belfrage Show has invited me to come on air Friday morning after 8:30 to talk about the Legislative Session. I expect we’ll talk about campaign finance, free speech, child support, guns, and maybe more… all in 20 minutes! If you have any other suggestions for topics, let me know in the comment section below, and I’ll prep for them!
You can tune in to tomorrow’s program in southeastern South Dakota on 1320 AM and 107.9 FM. You can also listen live online at KELO.com!
Cory
It is called a radio face or a face for radio. Now to my actual point topic; I want the legislature to pass a bill which will allow counties and school boards to use an income tax if property tax relief is the outcome. I do not want a state income tax.
Like throwing a turd in a punch bowl.
It’s like the before and after Dachau pictures.
For context,
Belfrage:
http://kelo.com/podcasts/greg-belfrage-show/6072/besides-it-being-paternalistic-undemocratic-and-a-bunch-of-rigmarole-tell-us-why-you-dont-like-th/
Epp:
http://kelo.com/blogs/token-liberal/6072/republicans-imposing-their-own-nanny-state-on-south-dakota-voters-and-citizens/
Ask Greg when I get to be a guest (maybe ask that off air – LOL).
Francis—no state income tax, but a local income tax for property tax relief? Dollar for dollar offset, right, no extra revenue by soaking the local rich guys?
Good links, Jana! Todd gets it right: it makes no sense that Republicans trust us to carry guns in the Capitol but not pass our own laws without their interference.
Cory
Yes that is how it would need to work for me to support it. It makes sense as the current property tax instrument was never intended to be used for taxing purposes. It doesn’t really work for much of anything useful. Not even good outhouse material as all the pages are shiny.
Francis, what was it meant to be used for? And under your proposed income tax, who would end up paying more, and who would end up paying less?
Cory
I only propose allowing counties and school boards to implement an income tax, not require them to. It would be used as our current property taxes would be used for county government and school districts. I cannot say for certain how individuals tax situations would be affected, those situations would depend upon a person’s income, housing situation, etc. I imagine farmers would pay less as they should the main burden for schools in this area. I believe you miss my other point of the instrument to determine land value. It was never intended to be used in the manner in which it is being used. If you want to discuss this further stop by my office and I will show you, that is the bigger story here.
Cory
I just started thinking about the current campaign finance structure in South Dakota. If a person has money remaining in her/his campaign fund and makes a decision to convert that money to personal use, would that money be subject to federal income tax and FICA tax?
Francis, yes, definitely. As long as the money stays in the campaign fund, the IRS doesn’t touch it. The moment the money is converted to personal use, it’s taxable income and must show up on the candidate’s 1040, as surely as it must show up on the tax forms of campaign staff or vendors whom the candidate pays for campaign services.