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Ron DeSantis: “Take all of Florida's taxpayer supported debt, we've retired almost 54% of it just in seven and a half years.”

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And of course we've got AAA credit ratings across the board, Fitch, Moody's, S and P, all that stuff. And how could we not? If you look at just since I've been governor, Take all of Florida's taxpayer supported debt, we've retired almost 54% of it just in seven and a half years. It can be done. You know, people say you can't do it. It can be done. And we've done that very aggressively. We've also reduced taxes. (01:54–02:04)

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Asserts that Florida has retired almost 54% of its taxpayer-supported debt in seven and a half years.

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