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Picking Pockets: Mehlhaff Admits Raising Sales Tax Shifts Burden to Low-Income South Dakotans
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Picking Pockets: Mehlhaff Admits Raising Sales Tax Shifts Burden to Low-Income South Dakotans
Bob Mercer cooks up the strange thesis that “shifting some of the property-tax burden off single-family residential dwellings” was part of an overarching effort by the 2026 Legislature to “make South Dakota a safer place“. Sure, safer if you have an expensive house. But not if you’re a low-income South Dakotan—GOP Senate Leader Jim Mehlhaff (R-24/Pierre) admits he’s picking your pocket to give rich homeowners their tax break: There’s no doubt th…
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