A coalition of education and medical groups is working to get a one cent sales tax increase on South Dakota’s ballot next November. The legislature made significant cuts to Medicaid and state aid to education in this year’s session. Dave Hewett, President of the Association of Health Care Organizations, says even if they are successful in adding the one cent tax, they know any extra revenue is a long ways off…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/08/Dave-Hewett-808a.mp3|titles=Dave Hewett 808a]Hewett says while there are a number of steps left in the process, they are planning a vigorous campaign to push for passage of the extra tax…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/08/Dave-Hewett-808b.mp3|titles=Dave Hewett 808b]Another penny sales tax would raise about one hundred seventy five million dollars per year. The groups propose to split it evenly between education and medical costs.