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Jon Hansen: “The state is getting involved in putting sort of the heavy…”

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 09:36

And there's some that are trying to get away from that. And what we see is instead of trusting the free market and our entrepreneurs, The state is getting involved in putting sort of the heavy thumb of government on this project or that project, taking taxpayer money from these businesses and giving it over to that business instead. This sort of redistribution scheme that we've seen play out over the years. And so, you know, a couple of examples that come to mind. (09:36–09:49)

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Asserts that the state government is redistributing taxpayer money from some businesses to others.

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