South Dakota needs more affordable housing, but it’s spent less than a tenth of the federal and state money set aside to help low-income South…
Tag: deficit
On Wednesday I worked up a conservative analysis that says federal coronavirus relief dollars from the 2020 CARES Act, 2021 American Rescue Plan, Paycheck Protection…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during her Senate confirmation hearing last week that we can’t afford not to incur more debt to fight coronavirus and the…
Donald Trump promised to balance the federal budget and reduce the federal debt. He originally said “We’ve got to get rid of the $19 trillion…
South Dakota’s response to an economic crisis—cut the budget and pray for help from Uncle Sam and T. Denny—runs counter to sound fiscal policy. When…
On top of Revenue Secretary Jim Terwilliger’s fiscal pessimism, the Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors heard retired USD economist Ralph Brown’s assessment Wednesday of the…
When Senator John Thune, Senator Marion Michael Rounds, and Representative Dusty (a funny name to have right now) Johnson get done touring the storm and…
Kristi Noem has started off her governorship the way she ended her Congresswomanship: overseeing a deficit. The Legislative Research Council has issued reports on General…
Shall we thank Donald Trump for proving that deficit spending doesn’t hurt the economy? Through August 2016, the FY2016 deficit was $619 billion. Through August…