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During a press conference today, State Senator and gubernatorial candidate Gordon Howie called the budget proposals by the Governor and the Legislative leadership “fatally flawed.” Read more »

Idaho became the first state to fully pass a measure protecting its citizens from the unconstitutional government health care plan Democrats in congress are hell-bent on passing. Some 37 other states are also working on similar legislation. One has to wonder if the rogue socialists in Washington D.C. give a whit about what the American people think anymore. Read more »

Colorado tax-and-spend Democrats thought they had a ripe prize: bring in another $5 million in taxpayer loot by taxing internet sales. But internet bookseller giant Amazon.com showed them they aren’t easy meet for their hungry fingers. The online mega-seller has pulled out of partnerships with their affiliates in Colorado, leaving affiliates and consumers in the lurch. Read more »

Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak admits what other Democrats lie about: There’s no doubt that the Democrat Party is the sort of pro-choice party…So here’s [within the government health care bill] their opportunity, they’re taking their opportunity to push that idea, that there should be federal funding, or tax credits, or subsidies for abortion.” Read more »

Social Security, the cornerstone of socialism in America, has been patched up and shored up for years…and now we’re finally about to begin cashing in the IOUs from all the money the liberals have raided from Social Security over the years…only there’s no money there to cash in those IOUs. Welcome to socialism! Read more »

The South Dakota Legislature held its last full week of session last week and it was described by one legislator as the “week in Hell.” That is because most of the week was centered around the state’s budget for the next fiscal year. Will Governor Rounds veto the budget, or parts of it? Will the legislative body override any vetoes? Read more »

Without a robust family-centered culture to care for America’s elderly, the State will continue to expand its role in this arena. The only remaining hope is that we as a society can learn from our mistakes, move away from our radical individualistic, self-centered mindset, and rediscover the great blessings – and great responsibilities – of true family. Read more »

Republican gubernatorial candidate Gordon Howie says last week’s plan from legislative leadership called for budget cuts, but this plan doesn’t actually cut the budget. Howie says it increases government spending. Read more »

The South Dakota Legislature is in the final throes of the 85th legislative session. Of course the biggest issue confronting our legislators is how are they going to balance the books when something like $40 million apparently is still out of sight. Maybe they have the answer but are keeping it a secret for a few more days. But the state’s budget deficit isn’t the only question out there and people are asking what about the others. Read more »

The Cato Institute has an informative new video out about the cost of public schools…and the hidden costs of public schools. The per-pupil spending in the average public school is staggering enough (especially when you consider how little homeschool parents spend per-pupil and manage to out-perform their public school peers). But as this presentation will show, there are considerably more hidden costs that even the published figures seldom reveal. Read more »

The current Obama administration budget projects a doubling of our national debt to $18.5 trillion by 2020, or about 100 percent of our GDP. Harvard economist Martin Feldstein estimates interest alone will cost $800 billion a year. It’s time to stop lying to ourselves. We’re losing our freedom and our nation. We need to slam on the brakes before it’s too late. Read more »

Especially interesting in these challenging economic times, a new report finds federal workers are receiving higher salaries than their private sector counterparts, and are really costing employers (i.e. the taxpayers) a lot more in benefit costs–more than four times the cost. Read more »

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) have introduced a constitutional amendment to limit the spending of the federal government. The legislation would limit spending to 1/5 of GDP, something that would knock 23% off President Obama’s proposed budget for 2010. Read more »

South Dakota state Senator Gordon Howie (R-Rapid City), who is also a candidate for South Dakota governor in 2010, has a new video out on his website at www.howie2010.com. Howie pledges to get government out of our business, to protect human life through all stages, defend Second Amendment rights, and ensure our state policies are built on a foundation of principle. Read more »

It seems we have heard a lot this legislative session that opponents to certain bills are saying, “We had better wait until next year before we should think about passing a certain bill into law. Perhaps things will be better then,” or “The state’s finances may be in better shape next year,” or tripe like that. Well, if history serves me right, that next year seldom ever gets to South Dakota. Case in point: The bill to remove the state sales tax on food. Read more »

Apparently the Tea Party movement has spread from the United States where it was born a year ago to the United Kingdom. The universal human yearning is for freedom, and is obviously not confined to one nation or people. Read more »

An open letter to Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) on the fiscal insanity in Washington D.C….and their complicity in it. Read more »

Rep Paul Ryan (R-WI) cuts through all the double-talk and snowstorm of blather at President Obama’s health care summit. Read more »

You probably weren’t anyway, but in case you were waiting and hoping Rapid City Mayor Alan Hanks would veto the despicable council censure of Alderman Sam Kooiker, you can stop holding your breath. Read more »

Here we are, going on nine years after the 911 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, and the effort to rebuild (and shake a defiant fist in the face of the evil dirtbags who destroyed them) has been stymied by the usual government bumbling. Read more »

While we can and should disagree with the method of Joe Stack’s madness, Americans shouldn’t be too quick to discount the source of his frustrations. Clearly, Stack is neither a hero nor a martyr. Nor is he technically a terrorist. Rather, he is the end product of a system that pays little heed to the disaffected, discontent and voiceless. And while Stack may have been alone in the cockpit of that Piper Cherokee plane, he is not alone in his discontent and frustration. Read more »