Time magazine named today Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke as their 2009 Person of the Year. Essentially Bernanke was named because the Economy has been the number one issue this year and Bernanke has played the central role in managing the economy.
His selection is well [...]
From Pure Pierre Politics:
Rounds is term-limited and the 2010 legislative session will be his eighth and presumably last, a situation that will only further embolden legislators and further undermine his relevancy.
Seven years of little innovation, no new efficiencies or savings of any significance, an emphasis on protecting his hometown’s economy, and showing minimal backbone on spending — [...]
In an article titled “Green Acres is the Place to Be,” Gwendolyn Bounds of the Wall Street Journal hints that we might expect to see a movement of Gen Y to rural places. Motivated by an uncertain economy, the young people Bounds describes in her article are [...]
Rounds thinks state taxpayers should do more to help needy.
Deadwood investing in more gambling to help economy.
Stay in jail–it’s cheaper than the motel.
Repower South Dakota saying that climate change is “ticking time bomb.”
[...] 
Student offers Barack Obama a quick way to get the economy moving. Legalize drugs, prostitution, and gambling.Student offers Barack Obama a quick way to get the economy moving. Legalize drugs, prostitution, and gambling.
So which of the following statements accurately describes the economy of rural Midwestern communities? “Survey shows rural Midwest still in a recession” or “Rural America more prosperous than expected.”
I caught both of the above titled articles Tuesday while mining Twitter for information on rural communities. Both were released on [...]
What part of “it is not the government’s money” is so hard to understand? Via Riehl World View:
Advocacy groups such as United for a Fair Economy have been plugging a higher estate tax rate and lower exemption as critical particularly given the state of the economy and need to [...]
I realize that we live (here in South Dakota) in an economy which is heavily based on agriculture. Regardless, I expected better of the Argus Leader’s story on a poll about corn:
In the past two years, some trade associations have indicted ethanol made from corn, [...]
Economy is depressing the boosters club, too.
Freemasons against bullying–and other things.
Johnson takes on the old folks.
[...]I know misery loves company but pardon me for just letting our liberal friends wallow in it all by theirself. They made this bed all by their lonesome.
Economy: When promoting the stimulus package, the President said if we pass the stimulus bill unemployment wouldn’t exceed 8%. Without it, unemployment would [...]
This ought to drive Cory Heidelberger nuts:
Across America, people bought Toyota Corollas and Honda Civics more than any other vehicles during last summer's popular Cash for Clunkers program.
In South Dakota, they bought pickups.
The clunkers program was designed to jump-start the nation's economy and take gas-guzzling vehicles off the road.
But [...]
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For those who think Sioux Falls is sheltered from the recession, check out these numbers (Bread for the World)
• SD food stamp enrollment saw an incredible one-year increase from Sept.’08 to Sept.’09: 34% !!
Food stamps traditionally go up and down with the economy. But no one envisioned [...]
Using more expensive forms of energy will injure an economy. Such is the case with renewable fuels:
Poet LLC, the nation's top ethanol producer, says it is has reduced its cellulosic ethanol production cost during the past year from $4.13 per gallon to $2.35 per gallon.
The Sioux Falls-based company plans [...]
Remember last December when Planned Parenthood MN/SD/ND announced through local media outlets that they were "laying off" SD director Kate Looby because of the economy?? Remember how I didn't buy that for a second?
Well,,, funny thing… they just released their annual report for last year and turns out these MN/SD/ND abortion stores turned a record profit [...]
