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Dusty Johnson: “We charge more taxes here [in South Dakota] than anywhere…”

Featuring: Dusty Johnson, Republican | U.S. House, South Dakota's At-Large Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 17:51

100%. Not true. We the taxes in South Dakota to build a building with computers. That's all a data center is. It's a big shed with computers. We charge more taxes here [in South Dakota] than anywhere else [for data centers]. That's not the South Dakota way. We pride ourselves on being a low tax state. So my data centers done right initiative just says, all right, these are the taxes they pay in North Dakota. (17:51–17:54)

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Asserts that South Dakota has higher taxes for data centers compared to other regions.

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