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Ron DeSantis: “California is losing people and losing on the economy.”

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Governor DeSantis Highlights Florida's Economic Growth

Published December 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 35:21

I mean people aspired to go to California. I mean it just had so much stuff going for it. And the fact that they're California is losing people and losing on the economy. like that with. And they have a lot of built in advantages because the tech was there. It wasn't there because of their current government. It's been there for decades, right? (35:21–35:28)

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Asserts that California is experiencing a decline in population and economic performance.

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“Just since I've been governor, we've retired over half of [Florida's debt from the past 180 years].”
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“Our budget in Florida with 23 plus million people is less than the budget of New York City alone.”
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“2019, the total amount of property tax revenue that went to local governments was 32 billion. In the state of Florida. Today, that number is…”
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“Since COVID we've had more adjusted gross income move into Florida than has ever moved into another state in the history of the United…”
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“We're now closing in on Florida Highway Patrol. I think they've gotten close to 10,000 arrests of illegal aliens this year.”
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“Citizens Insurance... ballooned to 1.2 million or 1.3 million. Now it's down to about 400,000 and may go down to 300,000.”
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“Our rainy day fund when I became governor, I think was about 1.3 billion. We've now maxed it out, so it's $5 billion in the rainy day fund.”
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“The total reserves in excess of what we're spending when I became governor was about 7 billion. Now we're in this budget about 17 billion.”
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“We will probably end up hitting like 56% of the debt for the entire history of Florida has been retired under our watch.”
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“We've also been able to do things like environmental restoration, massive support for the Everglades, for our waterways, for springs, for…”
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“We have universal school choice. Every parent gets money. They can take it where they want to go.”
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“Now we're doing $1.58 billion in the budget that can only be used per teacher pay.”
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“We have net in migration. Some states have net out migration, like California.”
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“We did moving Florida forward, which is about a 7 billion dollar infusion.”
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“We have millions more people than New York now. And yet their budget is over twice the size of the budget of the state of Florida.”
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“The budget that we are currently in spends less than the budget the year before, and that budget spends less than the year before.”
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“We don't have an income tax, which is obviously one of the draws for Florida, and we're not going to have one.”
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“We abolished [the tax on business rent].”
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“Illegal immigration costs taxpayers. It costs health care, it costs education, it costs law enforcement.”
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“University of Florida just got ranked number one in the nation, including private, by the Manhattan Institute.”
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“We have not raised in-state tuition since I've been governor of the state. So it's $6,300 for Florida residents, for kids, of Florida…”
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“It's reimbursable 100% [for the North Florida facility].”
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“Now all tenured professors have to undergo review every five years and can be terminated for poor performance.”
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“We're not letting the faculty blackball people for ideological reasons anymore.”
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“It's been more Republicans than Democrats [moving to Florida].”
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“You actually had big revenue boom in the 80s, you know, after President Reagan's, you know, tax cuts.”
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“California has the highest income tax in America.”
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“California also has the highest sales tax in America. It's like 9% sales tax.”
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“The income tax [in California] hits you even if you're, you know, working class.”
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“Rents in most parts of Florida today are less than they were probably two years ago.”
Governor DeSantis Highlights Florida's Economic Growth | Uploaded December 10, 2025 | 47:26-47:32
“Progressive just announced they're going to refund a billion dollars to policyholders in Florida.”
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“State Farm just announced a 10% reduction.”
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