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Lance Russell: “In the eight years Mike Rounds was governor, we spent more…”

Featuring: Lance Russell, Republican | Member, South Dakota Senate, District 30

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Mike Rounds, on his way out the door when he also left us a $127 million deficit to deal with. We had to cut 10% of our budget. Did you know that Mike Rounds, In the eight years Mike Rounds was governor, we spent more money than we took in every year but one. took in in state government when he was governor. And you say, well, how could that possibly be? Well, remember Governor Jankel put in place the property tax reduction fund that accumulated a lot of dollars. (12:56–13:14)

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Asserts that during Mike Rounds' tenure as governor, the state overspent its budget every year except one.

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