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Ron DeSantis: “Local governments in Florida that year took in 32 billion in…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Announces "America 250 Florida" Celebrations

Published | Video Starts at 35:33

And why don't we have those tourists do more so that we don't have to do the homestead property tax? We have all these people, right? I mean, come on. So 2019 was my first year as governor. So the Local governments in Florida that year took in 32 billion in property tax revenue. This year it's estimated to be 60 billion. So that's almost doubling, you know, in seven or eight years. And one that's not sustainable. If you had just gone from 32 and said, okay, what's the population and inflation growth? (35:33–35:43)

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Asserts that Florida's local government property tax revenue increased from 32 billion to 60 billion.

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