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Ron DeSantis: “In 1980, the Florida voters enacted a quintupling of the…”

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Governor DeSantis Makes Announcement at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Published | Video Starts at 27:33

But the way I view it is this. In 1980, because you mentioned some of the people saying, oh, my gosh, we can't do property tax. We're not going to be money. In 1980, the Florida voters enacted a quintupling of the homestead exemption. So it was $5,000, and they raised it to $25,000. Do you think these local governments were in favor of doing that at the time? Of course not. (27:33–27:41)

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Asserts that in 1980, Florida voters increased the homestead exemption from $5,000 to $25,000.

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