Well, I can tell you this since I've been governor, if you look at rainy day fund compare when I came to now, we've almost quadrupled the state's rainy day fund debt owed by taxpayers. 180 years of Florida history. Since I came in we've paid off 41% of [state debt]. it. We've done some of it early through our debt repayment program saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. (1:08:26–1:08:30)
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Asserts that 41% of Florida's state debt has been paid off since DeSantis became governor.
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