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Ron DeSantis: “Our budget overall, nominally is higher than it was seven…”

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Published | Video Starts at 23:48

I mean, our budget net has increased less than inflation and population growth, you know, over the last six or seven years. I mean, that's just the reality. Our budget overall, nominally is higher than it was seven years ago, but we've also added 2 plus million more people. and had what, 30, 40% inflation over that period of time? Probably. I know, because I remember doing projects and these projects showed up the next year in the budget. (23:48–23:55)

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Asserts that the budget is higher than seven years ago, with an increase of over 2 million people.

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