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Ron DeSantis: “Florida has probably close to 23.5 million people.”

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Governor DeSantis Announces 'Floridians First' Budget in Orlando

Published December 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:38

So what is 117? What does that mean? Well, it means a couple things. One, Florida has probably close to 23.5 million people. Now, that budget number that we're currently under that I'm proposing for next year, that's less than the budget of New York City, which is only 8 million people. (03:38–03:42)

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“We have the lowest number of state government workers per capita.”
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“Crime's at a 50 year low, partially because people are held accountable.”
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“Local governments were taking in 32 billion in property tax statewide in 2019. Today, they're taking in 56 billion.”
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“Progressive is now in the process of refunding a billion dollars to policyholders solely because of the reforms that we did.”
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“Citizens insurance, you know, that got to be like 1.3 million people. Now it's down to, I think it's probably about 400,000.”
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“We've more than tripled the state's rainy day fund.”
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“The budget that we're submitting today is about $17 billion in reserves.”
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“New York State, which is 3 or 4 million people fewer than Florida, their budget's over twice the size of the state of Florida's budget.”
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“We are setting aside a record of $1.56 billion solely for teacher pay increases.”
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“We were probably the first state or one of the first states to not allow cell phones in class.”
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“We did record funding for teacher pay increases for Florida, and this proposal today is the biggest by far.”
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“We're also doing 4 billion for the state university system.”
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“We have not raised tuition for in state since I've been governor and so it's about $6,300 for an in state Florida resident.”
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“University of Florida actually ranked number one because this is more about what's the experience.”
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“We're keeping the Bright Futures fully funded.”
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“We've had no increase in tuition. This is one of the most inflationary things in modern American history, college tuition, but not in the…”
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“We did things to make sure that we have productive faculty, that we're not having faculty positions in tenure being used to advance agendas.”
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“All the tenure now have to go review and can be terminated.”
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“We've given money, $100 million, we did a couple years ago, I think two years in a row.”
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“We also have major support for infrastructure and transportation. So over $14 billion for our state work program.”
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“There were projects that weren't even gonna start till next decade that are now started. They're gonna be delivered five or 10 years ahead…”
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“We are including major pay increases for state law enforcement.”
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“We're going to continue our law enforcement recruitment bonus program.”
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“We're going to do a $5,000 bonus for new recruits.”
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“We wouldn't do the vax mandates for National Guard.”
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“Our relationship is much more positive with the federal government now than it was during those Biden years.”
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“We promise more on environmental restoration than anybody thought possible. We've exceeded that by a country mile.”
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“Everglades, which is the biggest restoration program in all the country.”
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“We've done a lot of transition from septic systems to sewer systems.”
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“We've done conservation with the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Massive acreage that's been now there and is going to be conserved.”
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“We have no income tax and we won't.”
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“Almost all the essentials now are exempt [from sales tax].”
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“Back to school holiday is now permanent in law.”
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“Disaster supplies is now permanent in law.”
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“We're currently in the middle of what I call the Second Amendment sales tax holiday.”
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“The state doesn't control property taxes. It's a local issue.”
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“We have a state now that has a maxed out rainy day fund, has major reserves.”
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“Every year I've been governor has been record reserves.”
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“We have truth in sentencing in Florida. You go, you do the crime, you do the time.”
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“Illegal immigration costs taxpayers. It costs taxpayers with medical. It costs taxpayers with education, it costs taxpayers.”
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“DHS has confirmed that we actually have gotten reimbursed for stuff already.”
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“We have opened one up in Northeast Florida called the Deportation Depot in Baker County.”
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“You have a lot of criminal aliens. If you look at their rap sheets. You got people that are sexual predators, you got people that have…”
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“You've had 17 companies now enter the [home insurance] market.”
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“Six years ago it was 32 billion. Now it's 56 billion. It's almost doubling in six years.”
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“Property values really went up [in Florida].”
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“Schools of Hope... are going to the toughest areas that we have where a lot of people have given up on some of these students.”
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“Success Academy... 93% reading, 96% math.”
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“Success Academy... has the proven record.”
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“The legislature put in this bill... if you have a school that's not using facilities... the School of Hope can go in, use existing…”
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“We've increased funding every single year, year teachers, every single year.”
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“They get a $3,000 bonus just for attending this course over the week, weekend.”
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“Schools of Hope I think is going to make a big impact.”
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“We have a maxed out rainy day fund.”
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“We're able to propose the biggest pay increase for teacher in the history of Florida without breaking a sweat.”
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“We had a $1.3 billion rainy day fund. Now it's 5 billion.”
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“We had, I think about 7, 7 1/2 billion in reserves. Now we're close to 17 billion.”
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“November we were... quarter of a billion dollars overestimate.”
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“I vetoed billions of dollars. I vetoed more than any governor.”
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