From the Argus Leader, President Trump used the occasion of his visit on behalf of Kristi Noem for Governor to blast her opponent Billie Sutton for supporting taxes:
Trump used his first time in South Dakota as a sitting president to speak at a closed-door campaign fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.
He applauded her work on last year’s Republican tax cut bill and criticized Democratic candidate for governor, Billie Sutton, for proposing a $128 million increase to the state sales tax.
“These tax hikes, they’re not positives,” Trump said.
That’s right, you Republicans like to cut taxes by increasing the federal deficit…. Silly me, I forgot….
Whereas Democrats like to increase taxes AND increase Federal deficit. Silly me.
You mean like when Clinton raised taxes, then the economy took off, the deficits when down, and then were eliminated deficits until the Bush43 tax cuts?
Or, are you talking about the massive Obama deficits caused by Bush43’s economy, that continued to go down (greater than estimates actually) under Obama until the Republicans and Trump blew up the deficit (Once again, like Reagan did) with their “silly” tax cut for the rich?
Haha he blasted Billie “for supporting taxes,” you say? Heaven forbid Billie support such a thing as – *gasp* – taxes! I’m a huge opponent of taxes myself just like I oppose schools, roads, and police departments. Hate em!
But in all seriousness, the tragedy of taxes is when they are wasted on fluffed up contracts or lost altogether to corruption and embezzlement. But dinging Billie because he supports taxes? What the heck else is he supposed to do? You think Kristi opposes taxes outright? No, because even she isn’t that fantastically-minded. Get reallllll
Taxes are a necessary evil – on that we agree. Although taxes diminish economic productivity, Policemen must be paid. Public roads must be maintained. I’m glad we have nice parks and libraries. Therefore, we support imposing and collecting baseline taxes to fund vital services. State tax increases, in the form of higher sales tax rates and/or new state income taxes, constitute an UN-necessary evil, a point on which Kristi Noem and I agree. Senator Sutton, I’m told, supports a tax increase for South Dakota and an increased budget for public services. Perhaps he does not. As with abortion and gun control, his nuanced tax position isn’t *crystal* clear to us regular folk.
Sutton’s positions on a number of issues aren’t clear because they change depending on which group he’s addressing at any given moment!
Good point. Sutton receives support from Planned Parenthood and/or accepts money from its membership. Then, he says he wants to ban abortion. That’s confusing. Is he fooling them or us? I don’t think Planned Parenthood should get any federal money. Not one cent. Does Sutton agree? Disagree? Or does he dodge the question, saying “um, well, that’s something for congress to decide.” Sure. It’s federal, but how would you vote, Senator?
I know what Kristi believes. She’s pro life. She’s anti-abortion. Many progressives disagree; that’s their right. As a strong, pro life woman, Noem takes heat from the liberal media. She’s treated with disrespect on CNN & CBS. They call her rude names. A single issue voter who wants more federally-funded abortions is not backing Kristi Noem. So it goes. But at least her position is clear & comprehensible, not a cloud of hazy half-truths.