Congresswoman Kristi Noem plays double fantasy on KSOO, claiming her Libertarian-dream tax reform can produce impossible economic growth: “The small business rate would be at 25…
Tag: economy
All the GOP spin machine wants to talk about in the Williams/Thune debates is the fact that Democratic challenger Jay Williams takes a realistic view of paying…
The latest USA Today/Suffolk poll finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by seven points, whether we include Gary Johnson and Jill Stein or not. It also finds Clinton supporters…
Governing says that South Dakota has the 15th-strongest economy in the United States. We tie with three other states for that distinction: Georgia, Nebraska, and…
Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump announces his economic plan today. Well, maybe not his plan, but the plan cooked up by twelve rich men and…
Minnesota’s minimum wage rises to $9.50 an hour today, capping a three-phase increase from $6.15 an hour prior to 2014. Small employers—firms with annual revenues under $500K—get…
Conservative wags are dancing on the graves of the 84 victims of the Nice massacre by challenging liberals to call for truck control: “I fully expect…
Speaking of the man I will replace in the South Dakota Senate, David Novstrup said raising the minimum wage would bring all sorts of bad economic consequences. He…
Veteran commodities trader John Tsitrian says the British exit from the European Union bodes ill for South Dakota, whose export-oriented businesses depend on global stability and…