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Ron DeSantis: “The one thing we control through our constitution that's…”

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Governor DeSantis Highlights Excessive Spending Uncovered by Florida FAFO Audits in Jacksonville

Published | Video Starts at 32:03

I mean, now Mandami wants to have city grocery stores where I guess the government will set the price, but that's just not the way it works. The one thing we control through our constitution that's purely a government function is taxation. and in this case, local government's ability to tax you on your personal residence. And so that's what we're going to give major reform and relief for. And we can do it. (32:03–32:10)

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Asserts that taxation is a government function controlled through the Florida constitution.

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