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Economy
Governor says South Dakota has 'perhaps the strongest economy' in US after refusing lockdown measures
2020-12-29
[Washington Examiner] Gov. Kristi Noem said South Dakota has "perhaps the strongest economy in the country" after refusing to implement lockdowns that have economically throttled other states.

"South Dakota experienced a truly incredible year. Despite the pandemic forcing businesses to adjust, we have perhaps the strongest economy in the country. Our unemployment rate is back down to 3.5%. We ended the 2020 fiscal year with a budget surplus," Noem tweeted Monday morning.

"SD businesses cut the fewest hours and the fewest wages of any state in America. They had the lowest decrease in demand for their products and services. South Dakota’s economy took a hit when COVID came, just like every state, but we’ve come roaring back stronger than ever."
Posted by:Besoeker

#23  Frank nails the landing and so will Noem.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-12-29 23:39  

#22  Cant speak for SD, but in SC we hate the fact that we are not under permanent house arrest./s
Posted by: Skunky Phinemp1649   2020-12-29 15:26  

#21  #19 Any help you can get, eh?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-29 14:47  

#20  You know what would cheer you up?....some gals in scrubs doing their idea of a modern Rain Dance.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-12-29 14:26  

#19  I always love being lectured on Americana (politics, culture, etc.) by an Israeli
Posted by: Frank G   2020-12-29 12:06  

#18  There is that; and with her popularity of course she must be destroyed and replaced with someone quite humiliating who will play covid ball - someone like the Governess Cat Lady of Kansas.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-12-29 11:59  

#17  Happy new year
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-29 11:50  

#16  yes, i suppose we will see. ok I'm good
Shalom Grom
Posted by: 746   2020-12-29 11:49  

#15  Well, if we all here 2 years [?] from now, we'll see.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-29 11:47  

#14  I understand she is incredibly popular; so much so her husband was invited as a co-host in the National Rodeo Finals broadcasts, as well as with those who didn't Megadeath! after Sturgis, and those who took an interest...except the covidarians who thought it cheeky to allow the bike rally and not have the Megadeath.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-12-29 11:39  

#13  why wouldnt she be?
Posted by: 746   2020-12-29 11:38  

#12  ^Do you?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-29 11:32  

#11  forgive me but I dont understand... #3 Boy, will she be surprised when election time comes along. you dont think she'll be re-elected? it seems like she would be..... ??
Posted by: 746   2020-12-29 11:22  

#10  #8 I'll been in this group much longer than you - and I'll be in this group long after you go back to wherever you came from.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-29 11:13  

#9  The country this year which has been most ravaged by Covid-19 – losing a shocking 1,600 people in every million to the virus at the time of writing – is Belgium.

That might come as something of a surprise. You could be forgiven for thinking it was America, thanks to Trump’s alleged ignorance of science. Or what about Britain, which locked down ‘too late’ because of its government’s short-lived but foolish belief in freedom? Or Brazil, whose right-wing leader complained that lockdowns and masks were for ‘fags’? If not those, then surely Sweden, where there has famously been no hard lockdown at all?

But no, it’s Belgium. There’s nothing particularly unusual about Belgium’s response. Nothing that diverged significantly from the consensus. It did the same thing as everyone else around the same time as everyone else. It even garnered praise for its testing capacity.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-12-29 11:09  

#8  ^ go away, troll
Posted by: Harry Thagum8745   2020-12-29 11:07  

#7  #5 Frank, you never disappoint - or surprise.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-29 10:23  

#6  Another workout photo would be nice. With short shorts.
Posted by: Daffy Unaque9388   2020-12-29 09:11  

#5  
Posted by: Clem   2020-12-29 09:08  

#4  ^ You don't know what the fuck you're talking about
Posted by: Frank G   2020-12-29 05:27  

#3  Boy, will she be surprised when election time comes along.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-12-29 03:27  

#2  I noticed that even the New York Times now recognizes that Trump dominated not just flyover state rural and exurban whites but also nearly every single immigrant community in every city in this country.

South Americans and Puerto Ricans in Florida. Mexicans all along the Rio Grande. East Europeans everywhere. Mexicans all over Chicago and LA. Vietnamese and Nigerians in Houston. Asians of all sorts in Orange County. Every single immigrant group in New York City!

Plus normies in South Dakota and every other place that isn't dominated by Woke idiocy.

I think we're getting close to diagnosing the problem. It has fuck all to do with race or immigration or diversity. It's just two groups: cringing over-educated self-flagellating Woke white assholes and their Wakandan accuser-extortionists.
Posted by: Slomoting Ulons9559   2020-12-29 01:25  

#1  Must be nice to be treated like an adult in South Dakota.
Posted by: Clem   2020-12-29 01:11  

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