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Ron DeSantis: “The budget I just signed, although it's been a reduction two…”

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Governor Ron DeSantis and CFO Blaze Ngolia Announce Statewide Audits on Local Government Spending in Florida

Published | Video Starts at 33:47

So it's like if you look at the state of Florida, if you go back to 2019, pre Covid, you know, we were spending in the night between 90 and $100 billion for our state budget. The budget I just signed, although it's been a reduction two years in a row, was, I think about 117 billion all in, when you include everything. Now, if you adjust for the population growth we've had, which has been significant, and inflation, that's definitely not a net. (33:47–33:55)

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