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Jon Hansen: “It's tax dollars that come from the people of this state…”

Featuring: Jon Hansen, Republican | Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives

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KOTA's Political Pulse #18 - South Dakota Rep. Jon Hansen

Published | Video Starts at 26:41

And the Future Fund is a giant slush fund that's been just given to the governor's office, and they can take that money It's tax dollars that come from the people of this state, and it's just doled out without any legislative oversight. to whoever that the governor's office wants to do. I don't think that's right. Particularly when people are struggling with high property taxes, that we're taking people's money and giving it out in corporate welfare and crony welfare payments, sometimes to political contributors. (26:41–26:47)

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Asserts that the Future Fund consists of taxpayer money distributed without legislative oversight.

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