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Jon Hansen: “The state goes and gives [True Shrimp] millions of dollars…”

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

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Jon Hansen first to announce his run for the governor's seat | In The Moment

Published | Video Starts at 10:09

One, for instance, there was A company up in the Madison area that was going to set up a shrimping operation called True Shrimp, and they were going to build this shrimp farm, so to speak, in Madison. And so The state goes and gives [True Shrimp] millions of dollars in incentives to build their building and their business in South Dakota. Well, guess what? It never happened. And so the taxpayers are just out millions of dollars for a business that never even came to South Dakota. (10:09–10:19)

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Asserts that the state gave millions in incentives to True Shrimp, which never established its business in South Dakota.

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