G. Mark Mickelson sponsored Initiated Measure 25, the buck-a-pack tobacco tax hike, with the promise of putting up to $20 million a year into vo-tech…
Tag: taxes
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…
On my milk run to the corner Cenex last night, I found a “NO on IM 25” display on the counter with a whole packet…
The Legislative Research Council will present its new Issue Memorandum on wind energy development to the Legislature’s Executive Board this morning. Some fast facts from…
LRC to Present Issue Memos Monday on Wind Energy, Federal Ed Laws, and Neighboring State Tax Systems
The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature will hear three juicy Issue Memos at next week. The memos aren’t up yet, but the agenda…
Good thing I footnote-reminded him yesterday! Having called the Legislature into Special Session come September 12 to raise our taxes, Governor Dennis Daugaard remembered that he’d…
In his constant pursuit of distraction, Donald Trump proposes matching his election-buying welfare for farmers with more election-buying welfare for the rich: The Trump administration…
I noted last week that Democratic gubernatorial candidate Billie Sutton’s stated opposition to a state income tax cedes too much ground to the Republican fiscal…
While Trump gets ready to hand out welfare checks to buy the farm vote, perhaps he should throw some money toward the Americans whom he’s…
Speaking of taxes, my morning Governing newsletter says that supermajority requirements like South Dakota’s don’t really affect tax rates: A total of 14 states impose some kind of…