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Why don’t our legislators just meet in a barn or saloon instead of the capital building? They could ride a stagecoach to Pierre. Hey guys, this isn’t the Old West anymore, you don’t need to be packing.
Hey John, instead of trying to secure the largest Federal loan in national history for your butt buddies over at a dying railroad company, maybe you should have looked into drinking water for us! Prairie values indeed!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/business/media/04mad.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin
I’m just going to be blunt, SD Republicans can f#$% up a wet dream. Knudson’s open records bill is no different then the current system setup to protect certain business people. Dave, you live in a $400,000 home, are a lawyer and have many real estate investments, I don’t think you are looking out for the common Joe when it comes to open records. So please stop pretending that your bill is protecting my privacy. Give me a break!
There has been a lot of talk about the Fairtax this year. The Huckster has brought it up several times. I wasn’t sure what to think of it, but I assumed (and I was right) that it was just another way for rich folk to shelter their investments and wealth from taxes. I have always been for a flat income tax, across the board.
Under the current tax system I am curently paying about: $4,960 in taxes a year (Income, SS, Medicare, retail) under the Fairtax which is a flat retail tax I would be paying $6,210 a year. These numbers don’t include property taxes. I am assuming property taxes would still have to be paid to fund education.
You will notice that wealthy Republicans are supporting the FairTax because they spend less of their income on goods and services and put most of their income in investments then the middleclass does, in turn paying less in taxes then the middle class. A retail tax is regressive. Period. A flat income tax is the only FAIR tax that makes sense.
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