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Ron DeSantis: “The one thing we can't control the price of homes, but the…”

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I mean it is out of whack, it's hard to afford. And then you have the cost of these other things, insurance, you have the cost of property tax. Well, The one thing we can't control the price of homes, but the one thing that government through the people can control is the taxation. that's purely a government function, that is not subject to market forces, that is within the control of the government. And what happens is your property gets assessed higher and higher. (54:52–55:01)

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Asserts that while home prices are uncontrollable, taxation is within government control.

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