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Labor Day Observations
I voted for Donald J. Trump twice, with great enthusiasm. I spent his first term advocating and defending his governance. It is sad today to see him lost, trapped in 2020. This is Labor Day, a day he should be dunking on Biden and rallying the Forgotten Americans whose lives he improved through executive action and the bully pulpit, strong-arming business executives to do right by American workers. I know he has been improperly cut off from the dominant social media, yet his stream of posts on his very own platform, Truth Social, reflects no memory of his own accomplishments and his long commitment, motivating his 2016 run, to American workers. The closest he gets is a Right Side of the News story reporting, “Under Trump Americans were Financially Satisfied.” All the rest is 2020 and the Mar-A-Lago raid.
By contrast, Governor Ron DeSantis came out with a crisp Tweet:
This Labor Day, I am glad Florida protected the right of all Floridians to earn a living when many other states did not.
Florida has more people employed than prior to the pandemic!
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 5, 2022
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See also Governor Greg Abbott:
Today, we celebrate the hardworking Texans who make our state exceptional.
Enjoy a safe & relaxing Labor Day, Texas! pic.twitter.com/FbYYFmdUav
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 5, 2022
Gov. Kristi Noem tweets: “This Labor Day lets celebrate hard work” and links to this proclamation:
Celebrating Hard Work
By: Governor Kristi Noem
September 2, 2022The beginning of September brings us to Labor Day weekend and the start of Workforce Development Month across the country.
While America celebrates a national holiday, South Dakota has even more to celebrate. Our state has shown the rest of the country what hard work can do for an economy. In South Dakota, we have less than 700 people on unemployment, because we stayed open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and didn’t shut down a single business. When the President offered elevated unemployment benefits, we were the only state that said, “No, thank you.” There are often unknowns when making decisions as Governor, but I knew that South Dakotans wanted to work – so it comes as no surprise to me that we are one of the hardest working states in America.
There are over 467,400 employed South Dakotans that contribute to our economic and social growth every single day when they go to work. We also have a much higher rate of people who hold multiple jobs than most of the rest of the country. We don’t tax our people’s incomes, which can be a discouragement to work. We have the strongest work ethic of any state, and this strengthens our already strong economy by filling important jobs and increasing our average household income.
All of these aspects of our labor force attract businesses, diversify our economy, and continue to make South Dakota the best state in the nation to do business. We were already one of the best states to start a small business because of our low taxes and lack of a state income tax or business income tax. The affordability of living in South Dakota also makes it easier to raise a family and for bold thinkers to kickstart their ideas.
As I traveled the state this week and visited about a dozen businesses, I heard tremendous feedback from our top industry leaders. They are growing and are able to expand here, and businesses continue to choose South Dakota as a location for their new facilities. I know this is in part because of our low tax structure, but also because of our hardworking citizens.
Not laying down mandates, letting businesses choose to stay open, and refusing to accept unneeded federal aid were different ways to approach the pandemic at the time, but it’s truly the way our founders envisioned this country would look. Our approach to challenges and our way of life are bringing hope to the rest of the country. We’ve got people moving to South Dakota in record numbers. We are expected to outpace the nation through 2030. This inbound migration will continue to grow our workforce and attract more businesses to join us.
This Labor Day weekend, I want to celebrate all that South Dakota’s workforce has done for our economy. I also want to welcome all of the new and incoming members to our workforce. You are part of the growth of our already thriving economy, and you are moving here because you value the same thing we do: Freedom.
President Trump should be treating every day as another opportunity to contrast American success 2017 – 2020 and American misery 2021 – now. His challenge, against DeSantis and against Biden is his serious failure in letting the deep state dominate his administration and the nation in 2020.
Published in Politics
I would agree normally, but the Wilkes-Barre speech followed right on the heels of Biden’s horrifying Red Speech. That had to be answered, and I think Trump did.
I wish the Democrats would stick to the issues, but they have made their political crusade this year to be about Trump and the domestic terrorist Republicans.
If Democrats stuck to the issues, they would lose. The economy, energy prices, inflation, immigration, crime, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, all losers.
Midterms are normally a referendum on the incumbent president. If November is a referendum on Biden, Dems will lose massively. Their only hope is to turn it into a referendum on Trump, “stop the steal,” and January 6th.
The Democrats are sticking to issues. Their issues is how evil everybody that does not agree with them are.