We have the lowest unemployment rate in the country. During COVID we were the only state in the country that never once shut down a single business. We never mandated anything. In fact, I didn't even define what an essential business was. because I don't believe that the government has the ability or the authority to tell you that your business is an essential. We are the only state to never take the elevated unemployment benefits. (01:58–02:02)
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Asserts that South Dakota did not define essential businesses during COVID-19.
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