‘Thanks, but we are good’: South Dakota rejects Trump’s unemployment help, credits lax coronavirus restrictions for swift recovery
15 Aug, 2020 23:22
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has said that her state is opting out of the new government-sponsored unemployment benefits boost since the economy has bounced back quickly due to the fact that it was never shut down completely.
“My administration is very grateful for the additional flexibility that this effort would have provided, but South Dakota is in the fortunate position of not needing to accept it,” Noem, a Republican, said in a statement on Friday.
Unlike many other states that are still reeling from the effects of the coronavirus-induced lockdowns, Noen said that South Dakota has weathered the storm relatively well, with its labour market almost fully recovered. The reason for that, she argued, is that South Dakota refrained from imposing strict coronavirus restrictions on businesses.
South Dakota’s economy, having never been shut down, has recovered nearly 80% of our job losses
Boasting about the quick economic turnaround in her sparsely populated state, Noem said that it was “the only state in the nation that didn’t have extended benefits kick in because our insured unemployment rate has been the lowest in the nation.”…
https://www.rt.com/usa/498128-south-dakota-rejects-coronavirus-help/