Secretary of State Monae Johnson really needs to keep her nose out of economics. Not only does her latest economic report present an incomplete and…
Tag: socialism
Chamberlain’s Socialist Land Giveaway Stays Free Market’s Death Sentence
Published 2025-10-21
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Chamberlain is a crappy place to live… says the free market, which prefers tourism dollars over workforce housing: In recent years, Chamberlain has seen development…
Intel Deal Continues Trump March Toward Socialism
Published 2025-08-25
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
I thought the MAGA people brought Trump back to save us from socialism. But we are in Trumpistan with the state taking over the means…
Rounds: Small Meatpackers Need Socialist Assistance to Survive Against Capitalist Competitors
Published 2023-10-31
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Conservative Faulk County rancher Troy Hadrick is taking a socialist handout to get his meatpacking project off the ground. So are some nice folks from…
SD Delays Meatpacker Study; Feds Already Pumping Millions to Small Packers
Published 2023-10-13
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
While dishing out more corporate welfare to friendly companies Wednesday, the South Dakota Economic Development Finance Authority delayed plans to help small meatpacking projects: Additionally,…
Kyle Peters Strikes Another Blow for Crony Capitalism
Published 2023-09-21
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Rookie Watertown city councilman and Kristi Noem’s son-in-law Kyle Peters is living up to his in-laws’ family name, helping businesses secure government favors. Bob Mercer…
Senate Adds Ban on Chinese Land Buys to Defense Bill
Published 2023-07-26
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Significantly abrasive and ineffectual Governor Kristi Noem couldn’t push her Communist bill to block Chinese purchases of agricultural land through her own Republican-dominated Legislature. But…
Johnson Slapping Big-City Airports in the Face by Protecting Handouts to Pierre, Watertown, Aberdeen Flyers
Published 2023-06-16
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Representative Dusty Johnson famously said last August that relieving student loan debt is a “slap in the face” to folks who pay off their student…
Government to the Rescue of Free-Market Adventurers
Published 2023-03-13
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
As we saw when coronavirus broke out, and as we see now when banks collapse, everyone’s a capitalist until things go wrong: The Biden administration…
Wholestone Farms Gets $25M from USDA to Expand Nebraska Hoghouse, Joins Iowa Company to Add Pork Capacity—Whither Sioux Falls Slaughterhouse?
Published 2023-03-12
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Wholestone Farms won a narrow victory at the polls in Sioux Falls last November when voters rejected an initiative backed by ethanol magnate Jeff Broin…