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Nancy Mace: “Pre Covid, the General Fund in 2019 was around 9 billion…”

Featuring: Nancy Mace, Republican | U.S. House, South Carolina, District 1

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Published August 7, 2025 | Video Starts at 20:54

And there are three different major buckets in the budget. One of them, when you're reading about the state budget, is called the general fund, and it's about one third of the budget. Well, Pre Covid, the General Fund in 2019 was around 9 billion. Post Covid, in the 2024, 2025 year, it has skyrocketed to 13.2 billion. I want to find somewhere in the middle in 2023, 2022, 2023 fiscal year, I want to free spending to that level at $11.6 billion. (20:54–21:06)

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Asserts that South Carolina's General Fund increased from around $9 billion in 2019 to $13.2 billion in 2024-2025.

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