🕵️ Deep Dive: How SD-DOGE Will Function

🏛️ SEAL SD Unveils Our Watchdog for Transparency

At SealSD.com, we’re ensuring the Core GRT Plan—part of the Maximum Liberty Plan (Plan 2)—delivers on its promise of tax freedom through accountability. 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. To keep this system transparent and efficient, we’ve proposed the South Dakota Department of Government Efficiency (SD-DOGE), a watchdog agency that ensures every dollar is spent wisely. This page details how SD-DOGE will function, from audits to public reporting, empowering South Dakotans to hold their government accountable.

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📊 SD-DOGE’s Core Functions

SD-DOGE will operate as an independent agency, overseeing the implementation and ongoing management of the Core GRT Plan, with a focus on transparency and efficiency:

• Annual Audits: SD-DOGE will conduct annual audits of all state and local government spending, ensuring GRT revenue ($3.6 billion) is allocated as promised—$960 million for schools, $1.5 billion for local governments, and $1.14 billion for state services, with a $95.8 million surplus (Page 16: Implementation Plan).
• Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB): SD-DOGE will enforce ZBB, requiring every department to justify its budget from scratch each year, eliminating waste and ensuring funds are used effectively (Page 30: Structure and Setup of SD-DOGE).
• Revenue Distribution: SD-DOGE will oversee the distribution of GRT funds, ensuring schools, first responders, and local governments receive their allocations without interference, while maintaining transparency through public reporting (Page 25: Taxes).
• Public Reporting and Citizen Oversight: SD-DOGE will publish annual reports detailing spending, audit results, and budget justifications, accessible online. A citizen oversight committee will provide input, ensuring the agency reflects South Dakotans’ priorities (Page 31: Deep Dive: SD-DOGE Membership and Governance).

Analogy for Clarity: SD-DOGE is like a picnic referee—it checks that the picnic cake slices ($3.6 billion) go to schools, heroes, and towns as promised, makes sure picnic planners start fresh each year, and shares a picnic report so everyone knows the picnic is fair!

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💡 Why It Matters: Accountability for Tax Freedom

SD-DOGE ensures the Core GRT Plan delivers on its promise of financial freedom by holding the government accountable, aligning with South Dakota’s commitment to transparency and liberty:

• Preventing Waste: ZBB and audits eliminate wasteful spending, ensuring the $3.6 billion in GRT revenue supports essential services like schools ($960 million) and first responders ($215 million) without excess (Page 17: Supporting First Responders).
• Empowering Citizens: Public reporting and citizen oversight give you the tools to monitor government spending, reflecting the Founders’ vision of a government accountable to the people (Page 34: Deep Dive: The Bill of Rights and Tax Freedom).
• Ensuring Fairness: By overseeing GRT distribution, SD-DOGE ensures fairness, protecting the $1.6 billion in property tax savings and the $32.5 million in exemptions for small businesses, veterans, seniors, and military families (Page 28: Taxes: Mechanics and Impact of the Core GRT Plan).

Analogy for Clarity: SD-DOGE keeps the picnic honest—it makes sure the picnic cake funds schools and heroes, lets you see the picnic report, and ensures everyone gets their picnic savings, keeping the picnic free and fair for all!

📂 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.