So if you take all the debt that the state's accumulated over its 181 year history. Just since I've been governor, we've retired more than 50% of [the state's debt]. it. A lot of that has been retired early. When you do that, we've got great guys that do this and they go in and they can get these bonds, usually at a discount on the open market. (20:44–20:49)
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Asserts that more than 50% of the state's debt has been retired since DeSantis became governor.
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