Now I always talk about, look at how the National Debt has increased so much, particularly over the last 25 years. Look at Florida over the last six or seven years. Our state debt, if you take the entire debt over a 180 year period, we've paid off over 40% of it just since I've been governor. And so it's declining, whereas it's obviously rising in many other states and nationally. And because of the budget I signed, we have an accelerated debt repayment program where we … (04:53–05:03)
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Asserts that over 40% of Florida's state debt has been paid off during his governorship.
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