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Ron DeSantis: “Local governments have taxed people 32 billion then and 60…”

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Published | Video Starts at 03:52

But the tax local governments do. We have a constitutional mechanism to do it. So we started looking at the numbers and it was in 2019 to now, Local governments have taxed people 32 billion then and 60 billion now [from 2019 to now]. And the thing is, is yes, we've had pop growth, yes, we've had inflation, but not enough to double the amount of tax. (03:52–04:05)

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Asserts that local government tax revenue increased from $32 billion to $60 billion from 2019 to now.

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