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The article titled "South Dakota candidates target Rounds" discusses many issues in the current Senate race. The main point that is focussed on discusses how Rick Weiland and Larry Pressler are targeting Rounds concerning the EB-5 visa program. The program was designed to lure foreign investors to South Dakota with visas as long as they invested $500,000 in local projects. While this appears to be a sound plan, there are corruption charges that are currently being investigated by federal authorities. Rounds has defended this plan which was instituted while he was governor causing the influx of political attacks from Pressler and Weiland.
The article is all over the place in areas but is well written when it describes the EB-5 program and why it is so vital to the race. It is being used as fodder for candidates who are desperately attempting to catch up to the frontrunner Rounds. In my personal opinion, I do not approve of the corruption that has occurred in the project, but one has to let the full investigation be completed before making a decision about a candidate solely based on this issue It almost seems to me that this series of attacks is being used as a desperate, last attempt to gain votes before election day.
I don't like how the other candidates are using the EB-5 program as a campaigning technique. I think that they should focus more on the actual issues of this state rather than attacking the other candidates. Hopefully voters will be able to see past the scandal and decide for themselves if Mike Rounds is a good candidate for the Senate or not.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that the EB-5 program controversy is a last, desperate effort to sway voters away from Rounds. The Democrats and Weiland are reaching for anything possible to salvage their campaign. I am not confident that most people can look past the ads and make an educated vote.
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