logo

Search query: south dakota

Canadian Tar Sands
Canadian Tar Sands
The Canadian Tar Sands have become a hot topic on the campaign trail this year especially since President Obama rejected the proposed Keystone Oil Pipeline extension.  Yes, I said extension becau...
California places 48th in national freedom index
California places 48th in national freedom index
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has published an update and a revision of a 2007 study entitled “Freedom in the 50 States: An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom”. The report analyze...
Historic year for Third Party and Independent movements in the United States
Historic year for Third Party and Independent movements in the United States
Though the mainstream political press has naturally focused on the stinging Democratic losses and sweeping Republican gains in last week's elections, 2010 has proven to be an historic year for thir...
Nancy Pelosi taking heavy fire from Republicans and Democrats
Nancy Pelosi taking heavy fire from Republicans and Democrats
California's most famous U.S. Representative, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is taking heavy fire from all sides going into the November mid-term election.With an immminent takeover of the House by Repub...
Temporary, high-risk health insurance option coming soon to California
Temporary, high-risk health insurance option coming soon to California
On July 1, the federal government and dozens of states set up temporary “high-risk” health insurance pools for people denied health insurance due to so-called pre-existing conditions. These pools were...
Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce t...
States' rights movement sweeping across America
States' rights movement sweeping across America
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s quest to convince the federal government to put-up-or-shut-up by paying California an additional $6.9 billion he says the state needs to carry out Washington D.C. imposed ...
Bring Business Back to California
Bring Business Back to California
California felt about a 20 percent drop in exports through the month of February, which means that only a little over three-quarters of the amount of goods typically exported from California, were act...
Expand the Sales Tax
Expand the Sales Tax
Businesseslargeand small loathe it.The nation's giggling about it, though everyone'smissing a much better laugh line in South Dakota's proposed tax on rodeo clowns.Republicanshate it because they're n...