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Ron DeSantis: “Our sales tax is 6%, California's is 8 or 9%.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 07:15

And we got to get that right and got to make sure. But I mean, imagine we have no income tax at the state level. Obviously, we do have sales tax, but, you know, Our sales tax is 6%, California's is 8 or 9%. And they have income tax, all this other stuff. And we exempt the consumers, the core things that you need then to rein in local governments and say you have this property that has constitutional protection. (07:15–07:21)

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Compares Florida's sales tax rate to California's, stating Florida's is lower.

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