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Kristi Noem: “What funds state government is a four and a half cent sales…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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Christy Noem's Speech on Leadership and Freedom at Newsmax Event

Published | Video Starts at 18:36

We have historic revenues coming in now. I don't have an income tax in South Dakota. I don't have a corporate or personal income tax, no personal property tax. What funds state government is a four and a half cent sales tax. That's the taxes that we have and my legislature. This year, the big battles were over what to do with the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars that they didn't anticipate that they were going to have. (18:36–18:41)

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Asserts that South Dakota's state government is funded by a 4.5-cent sales tax.

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