🗽 Core Principles of the Core GRT Plan

🏛️ SEAL SD’s Foundation for Tax Freedom

At SealSD.com, our Core GRT Plan—part of the Maximum Liberty Plan (Plan 2)—is built on timeless principles that prioritize your freedom and financial security. This plan replaces all state taxes with a single 5% Gross Receipts Tax (GRT), generating $3.6 billion and saving you $3,000–$5,000 annually by eliminating property taxes. Our core principles—liberty, property rights, limited government, and citizen empowerment—guide our mission to break the financial chains of oppressive taxation and secure a future where South Dakotans thrive. This page outlines these principles, showing how they align with South Dakota’s values and the Founding Fathers’ vision, while connecting to our broader campaign to protect your rights and ensure a fair, transparent process.

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🗽 Principle 1: Liberty Above All

Liberty is the heart of our mission, reflecting South Dakota’s deep commitment to individual freedom and the Founding Fathers’ belief that true liberty requires freedom from oppressive government control:

• Freedom from Overreach: The Founding Fathers, like Thomas Jefferson, believed liberty means living free from government interference, a principle South Dakota upholds by rejecting overreach, as seen in the recent denial of Summit Carbon Solutions’ pipeline permit on April 22, 2025 (Page 45: Deep Dive: Summit Carbon Pipeline, Lobbying, Corruption, and Liberty in South Dakota). The Core GRT Plan advances this by eliminating property taxes, saving $1.6 billion state-wide and ensuring you’re not financially coerced by government (April 2, 2025, 16:49).
• Core GRT Plan Alignment: Property taxes, costing $1.6 billion annually, act as a mechanism of control, threatening your liberty by risking your home if unpaid (April 14, 2025, 14:00). By replacing them with a fair 5% GRT, the Core GRT Plan restores your financial freedom, aligning with Jefferson’s view that excessive taxation undermines liberty (Page 43: Deep Dive: The Founding Fathers on Property Rights, Freedom, and Eminent Domain).

Analogy for Clarity: Liberty is your picnic freedom—picnic planners can’t chain you with picnic fees, and the Core GRT Plan clears $1.6 billion in fees, letting you enjoy the picnic free, just like the Founders dreamed!

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🏡 Principle 2: Property Rights Are Sacred

Property rights are a cornerstone of freedom, a belief the Founding Fathers held dear, arguing there can be “no liberty” without secure property, a principle the Core GRT Plan fiercely defends:

• Founders’ Vision: John Adams stated in 1787, “Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist,” while James Madison called property “the most durable and valuable” right (Page 43: Deep Dive: The Founding Fathers on Property Rights, Freedom, and Eminent Domain). The Fifth Amendment protects your property from government seizure without due process, a right threatened by property taxes and eminent domain abuses like those Summit Carbon Solutions attempted (Page 44: Celebrating Victory: Summit Carbon Pipeline Permit Denied in South Dakota).
• Core GRT Plan Protection: The Core GRT Plan eliminates property taxes, saving you $3,000–$5,000 annually and ensuring you can keep your home without the risk of foreclosure, a direct threat to your property rights (Page 10: How It Affects the Average Homeowner). South Dakota’s 2025 eminent domain ban (SB 49), which led to Summit’s permit denial, further protects your land from corporate overreach, aligning with this principle (Page 46: Explaining SB 49: South Dakota’s Eminent Domain Ban and Its Impact).

Analogy for Clarity: Your picnic tent is your picnic freedom—the Core GRT Plan clears $3,000 in picnic fees, and SB 49 stops picnic planners from taking your tent, keeping it yours, just like the Founders wanted!

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🏛️ Principle 3: Limited Government, Maximum Freedom

Limited government is essential to maximize freedom, a core South Dakota value that the Core GRT Plan reinforces by reducing the state’s role in your financial life:

• Founders’ Belief: The Founders, particularly Madison, emphasized limited government in The Federalist Papers No. 51, arguing that power must be checked to protect liberty (March 26, 2025, 17:57). The Tenth Amendment reserves powers to the states and people, ensuring local control over issues like taxation (Page 34: Deep Dive: The Bill of Rights and Tax Freedom).
• South Dakota’s Commitment: South Dakota’s rejection of Summit’s pipeline reflects its commitment to limited government, prioritizing landowners’ rights over corporate interests backed by lobbying (Page 45: Deep Dive: Summit Carbon Pipeline, Lobbying, Corruption, and Liberty in South Dakota). The state’s history of resisting overreach aligns with this principle (April 14, 2025, 14:00).
• Core GRT Plan Application: By eliminating property taxes and replacing them with a single 5% GRT, the Core GRT Plan reduces government overreach, simplifying the tax system and freeing you from financial burdens (Page 28: Taxes: Mechanics and Impact of the Core GRT Plan). SD-DOGE’s oversight ensures transparency, preventing misuse of funds and keeping government in check (Page 29: Deep Dive: How SD-DOGE Will Function).

Analogy for Clarity: Limited government is a small picnic planner team—they don’t boss you around, and the Core GRT Plan shrinks their picnic fee book, while SD-DOGE makes sure they play fair, keeping the picnic free for you!

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💪 Principle 4: Citizen Empowerment Through Transparency

Citizen empowerment through transparency ensures you have the power to hold government accountable, a principle the Core GRT Plan and South Dakota’s recent actions embody:

• Founders’ Vision: The First Amendment’s right to petition empowers citizens to challenge government, as the Founders intended (Page 34: Deep Dive: The Bill of Rights and Tax Freedom). Jefferson emphasized “eternal vigilance” as the price of freedom, a call for active citizen engagement (Page 18: The Power of the People’s Free Will).
• South Dakota’s Example: The PUC’s denial of Summit’s permit on April 22, 2025, was driven by landowner resistance, with dozens refusing access, showing the power of united citizens (Web ID: 2, Page 44: Celebrating Victory: Summit Carbon Pipeline Permit Denied in South Dakota). This mirrors the Core GRT Plan’s citizen-driven approach, requiring 35,017 signatures by May 5, 2026, for the 2026 ballot (Page 14: Constitutional Amendment).
• Core GRT Plan Empowerment: The Core GRT Plan empowers you by saving $1.6 billion through tax elimination, giving you financial freedom to shape your future (Page 10: How It Affects the Average Homeowner). SD-DOGE’s transparency measures, like public reporting, ensure you can monitor government actions, holding officials accountable (Page 31: Deep Dive: SD-DOGE Membership and Governance).

Analogy for Clarity: You’re the picnic boss—your picnic petition stops sneaky picnic pipes, the Core GRT Plan saves $1.6 billion in picnic fees, and SD-DOGE’s picnic scoreboard lets you watch the picnic planners, keeping the picnic in your hands!

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💡 Why It Matters: Principles for a Free South Dakota

Our core principles—liberty, property rights, limited government, and citizen empowerment—guide the Core GRT Plan, ensuring South Dakotans can live free from oppressive taxation and corporate overreach. Liberty above all aligns with the Founders’ vision, protecting you from control through taxes (April 2, 2025, 16:49). Property rights, sacred to South Dakotans, are defended by eliminating property taxes and resisting eminent domain, as seen in Summit’s permit denial (Page 46: Explaining SB 49: South Dakota’s Eminent Domain Ban and Its Impact). Limited government reduces overreach, while citizen empowerment through transparency ensures your voice shapes the future, from the 2026 ballot to beyond (Page 35: Election Integrity and the Core GRT Plan). These principles make South Dakota a beacon of liberty, where the Core GRT Plan can save $3,000–$5,000 annually, securing your financial freedom and property rights for generations to come.

Analogy for Clarity: Our picnic principles keep the picnic free—liberty lets you picnic without chains, your picnic tent stays yours, picnic planners stay small, and you’re the picnic boss, making sure the picnic stays fun and free forever!

📂 Learn More

• 🌄 Our Vision for South Dakota
  The future we’re building — bold, free, and family-first.
• 📊 End Property Tax: GRT Plan
  How the 5% Gross Receipts Tax will replace property taxes — and why it works.
• 📈 Revenue Verification
  Ensuring every dollar is accounted for — transparency you can trust.
• 🛡️ Safeguards to Protect Homes
  No tricks, no traps — just locked-in protections you can count on.
• 🕵️ SD-DOGE: Our Government Watchdog
  Efficiency, oversight, and a watchdog that works for the people.
• 👉 Get the Facts
  Will Prices Go Up?: Debunk myths about price increases under the GRT.
• 🚜 Family Farms & Ranches
  How the GRT protects and empowers South Dakota’s agricultural backbone.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 For Our Kids’ Future
  Building a legacy of freedom and opportunity for the next generation.
• 🏛️ South Dakota First
  Prioritizing our people, our values, and our future — always.
• 🆕 What’s New?
  Stay updated on the latest developments and announcements.