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Jon Hansen: “We need to reduce the size of government.”

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 04:00

And so we just think that's wrong. We believe in freedom and the free market. Not crony capitalism and corporate welfare spending. The other thing is We need to reduce the size of government. And so we want to look at budget cuts at the state level to really bring the state government back down to size and then pass some of those savings on to consumers, first and foremost in the form of lower property taxes. (04:00–04:02)

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