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Ron DeSantis: “California wealth tax, I've never seen a mere…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Gov DeSantis: They have made a HUGE mistake…

Published | Video Starts at 05:27

He was attacking the billionaires, but he wants to raise property taxes on police officers. He wants to say 750,000. Which you're right, you're not living high on … California wealth tax, I've never seen a mere proposal...spark so much change in behavior. … sparked so much change in behavior. And some of the folks that have moved to Florida, I mean, very big names, obviously massive net worth, but they want to take 5% of wealth, which is a bad enough tax. (05:27–05:32)

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Asserts that the proposal of a wealth tax in California has caused significant behavioral changes.

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