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Ron DeSantis: “The condo relief, we needed it.”

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Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Condo Reform Bill in Clearwater Beach

Published June 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:25

But that will become available on July 1st. So the bill we signed, the two bills we're signing today are positive. The condo relief, we needed it. A lot of you spoke out about it and it made an impact because I think if there wasn't public input, I don't think that this would have ended up passing, to be honest with you. (11:25–11:28)

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“Since I've been governor, you take all the debt In Florida's history 180 years, we've retired 41% of it just in my tenure as governor.”
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“We have the lowest per capita debt of any state in the country that has state debt.”
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“Your share as a Florida citizen for your state debt is like $400 a person.”
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“Your share of the national debt from the federal government as a US citizen is $106,000 per person.”
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“The majority of the casualties, both killed in action and wounded in action at that time in the conflict 2007 into 2008, were at the hands…”
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