And if you look at our state, if you take all the debt that the state has accumulated over its 180 year history just since I've been governor, By the end of this fiscal year, we will have retired 50% of the state's total historical debt over 180 years. Now, part of that is we did an accelerated program. We'll go in, we'll buy the bonds at a discount, we'll retire them, we save a lot of money on interest. (04:45–04:54)
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Asserts that Florida will have paid off half of its historical debt by the end of the fiscal year.
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