Editor's note: the reported contractor for the proposed South Dakota prison build out is Henry Carlson Construction, LLC. Henry Carlson, Jr. was the guy who helped create the Future Fund and until his death in 2022 was a regular contributor to the Governor's Club. Republican former Governor Mike Rounds showered $75 million in Future Fund cash on campaign donors without disclosing who they were.
Juliann Talkington has engineering degrees from Stanford University, lives in Sioux Falls and writes at her Substack South Dakota Voices.
We Desperately Need to Stop the Biggest Heist in SD History
It is crushing the people of South Dakota. There are three things that must be done as quickly as possible.
The economic development grift must be stopped. We are at full employment. We don’t need it and it is creating poverty. Stop collecting the Future Fund tax. Close the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and all the local economic development offices. Stop using tax dollars for these special payouts. Yes, there are some good people working in the “economic development” field. Fortunately, we are near full employment, so there are plenty of jobs in the private sector where these people can plug in.
Force companies to pay the full salary for foreign workers and their families. Taxpayers should not be paying the living expenses for these foreigners. The employer needs to cover all SNAP, low income housing, Medicare, public transportation, and extra schooling costs for any foreign worker (and his or her family) they employ.
When foreign workers or their family members get in trouble with the law the company needs to pay for the worker and his or her family to be returned to their country of origin. The company created the problem, so the company needs to be responsible.
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— South Dakota Voices (@SDVoices) December 22, 2025
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