Representative Muckey has been blabbing anywhere he can about how he voted against the property tax cut, then in the next breath complains about TANF cuts. There would be less people on TANF if their property taxes weren’t so high.
I don’t care if you are Indy, Repug or a Demorat, you NEVER vote against a tax cut. NEVER! Political suicide. Was this property tax perfect or even fair? No. But it was a starting point for more adjustments, like fixing our assessor system.
We know why he voted against a property tax cut; Teacher pay. The tired old argument Dems haul out when they are running for office. Do you know who cares about teacher pay? Teachers, and a couple of Dems in the legislature. That’s it.
I have made the same argument to legislators over and over again, which usually falls on deaf ears; Teacher pay in SD is reflective of other professional salaries in the private sector, for example, nursing. South Dakota is almost dead last for nursing pay. There are many other professional fields that are below the national average in South Dakota. I’ve said the best way to raise wages for teachers is to raise wages for professionals in the private sector. When they make more, they buy bigger houses, and pay more in property taxes which raises teacher pay. This isn’t rocket science folks. A good start would be presenting legislation that eliminates all of our right to work state laws.
I’m not sure who is Erik’s audience on this one? Kadyn? But you never vote against a tax cut. NEVER! And you especially don’t brag about it after the fact. Have you written your political obituary yet?
Cry harder loser
Hey! Erik’s not a loser, just tone deaf.
I you are (or aspire to be) a Country Club Democrat, you DO vote against tax cuts.
Notable that Muckey was also one of the co-sponsors of HB 1050 – the bill to enable municipalities to collect a third penny sales tax. Liz Larson another co-sponsor.
All of the chamber cronies in Sioux Falls really wanted this bill to pass. But neither Progressive Paulie, nor any of the rest of the faux republicans from Sioux Falls placed their weight or sponsorship behind that bill.
They let local Democrsts, as well as legislators & advocates from smaller municipalities from around the state carry the water for the bill.
GFG- Oh, I was going to add that to, but I didn’t want to pile on to much. Any Dem willing to do the Mayor’s dirty work just proves their ignorance and arrogance. As for the post, I was being polite, but you should hear what the old skool Dems say about the new skool Dems after a few Diet Cokes. It’s not pretty. I’ve suggested a cage match at the next county meeting to resolve their differences.
Local Democratic leaders need to stop going to Chamber mixers. The Chamber is one of the most anti-worker organizations in existence.