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Ron DeSantis: “New York has 3 million, 4 million fewer residents. Their…”

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But yet even so, I could, I could say, you know, since I've been governor, we've retired almost half of the state's taxpayer supported debt. For all its history, we're the second lowest per capita spending in the country. New York has 3 million, 4 million fewer residents. Their budget's twice as much as ours. You know, we don't need to be. No, you can always do better. So that's our view on that. (1:02:49–1:02:55)

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Asserts that New York has fewer residents than Florida but a budget twice as large.

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