Independent blogger John Tsitrian finds the Legislature’s proposed pay amendment reasonable, given that raising legislators’ annual pay from $6,000 to $10,200 is equivalent to what…
Tag: economy
Well-read Democratic candidate for U.S. House Tim Bjorkman wittily dismisses the Trump/Noem tax plan as horse-and-sparrow economics. But problem-solver Bjorkman also tells WNAX what tax…
A couple weeks ago, John Tsitrian presented the surprising data that, under the Daugaard Administration, South Dakota’s per capita GDP growth has averaged a meager…
GDP data confirm what our lagging sales tax figures indicate—South Dakota’s economy is sinking: New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that South…
Already convinced that Senator John Thune’s tax talk is bunk is Rapid City businessman and Republican blogger John Tsitrian. He sees through the temporary tricks…
Ardys Gosch and other moneyed Aberdonians bankrolling anti-immigrant rallies are working against economic development and education in South Dakota. Northern State University touts research from…
Bonus observation from the bottom of the New York article on billionaires bemoaning Trump: billionaire Barry Sternlicht supports the thesis that the Sioux Falls Chamber of…
South Dakota Republicans need to repudiate the anti-Islam, anti-refugee hysteria being fomented by out-of-state speakers, anonymous local groups, and some of its own legislators, like…