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Interesting fact: Despite having one of the lowest tax rates in the nation, South Dakota ranks in the top 5 for fiscal stability and lowest state debt, and also
by tomatotomato37 7y ago
Interesting fact: Despite having one of the lowest tax rates in the nation, South Dakota ranks in the top 5 for fiscal stability and lowest state debt, and also maintains an average to above average ranking for public services such as infrastructure and education.
- undersuit 7y agoSources, sources, and sources. SD is top 5 in the short-term fiscal stability[1]. SD may be top 5 in lowest state debt but they are 16th in per capita debt[2](that's below average). Hey I guess you're right about the public services, a local news paper reports they are also "above average"[3]. [1] https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/fiscal-stability https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/fiscal-stab... [2] https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_state_budget_and_finances https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_state_budget_and_financ... [3] https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/south-dakota-ranks-th-in-annual-best-states-report/article_b8c27c68-26a5-5787-ad94-9651699c852f.html https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/south-dakota-ranks-t... I don't know maybe I'm just commenting because all these numbers are actually meaningless to the conversation.