Representative Karla Lems (R-16/Canton) may have hit on a new approach to property tax relief: just make property taxes voluntary! The Canton Republican hasn’t proposed…
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In case you haven’t figured out that tariffs are really bad economic policy, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York substantiates what we’ve known since…
The Rapid City Council’s Legal and Finance Committee received a fascinating report from North Carolina consultant Heather Worthington last week that notes how much more…
King Don is trying to doublespeak us into believing he’s lowering our cost of living. But he’s not lowering our costs for paying taxes. He’s…
The ongoing discussions of alternative tax schemes and property tax relief in South Dakota expose one deep flaw in South Dakota’s political character: we keep…
Governor Rhoden says the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is all about Freedom™, but the state’s enthusiasm for the Rally is predicated mostly on taxes: The South…
Julie Frye-Mueller says her proposed initiated constitutional amendment to add $1.50 tax to every trip you make to Hy-Vee would completely replace property tax: The newest…
Julie Frye-Mueller says the retail transaction tax she and her hubby Mike may try putting to a public vote would make South Dakota’s tax system…
Radical Republicans Mike Mueller and Julie Frye-Mueller are pushing an initiated amendment to replace South Dakota’s property tax with a tax on retail transactions. There…
Replacing Property Tax with Retail Transaction Tax Lacks Philosophical Commitment to Property RIghts
Mike Mueller and Julie-Frye-Mueller are trying to replace property tax with a retail transaction tax because, the cons contend, property tax is “immoral“: Property Taxes…