It’s somewhat of a trend in communities across North Dakota— failed school bond referendums. As KFYR-TV reported yesterday, “Several school districts across the state are looking to Plan B, or C, after bond referendums have failed.” A $7.65 million proposal [read more…]
We recently ran a poll on Facebook that asked a simple question, “If you could vote on a ballot measure to simply ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAX, how would you vote?” The results were overwhelmingly in favor of the idea. Admittedly, this [read more…]
After North Dakota’s 66th Legislative Session came to a close, we published an article pointing out that balancing North Dakota’s budget doesn’t make you a conservative. This, of course, came in response to Governor Doug Burgum’s office issuing a press [read more…]
Note: The following remarks were given in the final moments of the 66th Legislative Session on April 26, 2019 by Rep. Rick Becker (R – District 7). Video of this floor speech is found at the conclusion of the transcript. [read more…]
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum is a done deal. As I wrote earlier today, the North Dakota Legislature did as expected and gave Governor Doug Burgum his library. In terms of legislation, all that’s needed now is for [read more…]
The following article was first published on The Minuteman June 29, 2017. The title of this article is not an embellishment… at all. Those of us who advocate for the abolition of property taxes have said it time and time [read more…]
Yesterday, we published an article explaining that the North Dakota Senate Finance & Taxation Committee gave a 5-1 Do Not Pass recommendation for House Bill 1545. This legislation proposed a study of the “feasibility and desirability of providing an alternative [read more…]
Those who have followed The Minuteman for some time know that we are not fans — at all — of the atrociously unfair and abusive property tax. It’s my personal opinion that it’s the most immoral tax that there is. [read more…]
For more reasons than we can discuss here, North Dakota’s 2019 Legislative Session has largely been a disappointment— especially when it comes to taxes. For example, last month we published an article explaining a number of bills that had the [read more…]
In large part, the 2019 North Dakota Legislature isn’t in favor of significantly reducing the size of government and cutting — or even eliminating — certain taxes. In fact, both the House and Senate passed bills out of their chambers [read more…]
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