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Ron DeSantis: “The tax [in Broward County] is going up almost 50% while the…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 07:06

So that's an increase of close to 50% just since 2020. But yet the population of Broward has barely grown at all, less than 5% net since 2020. So why is The tax [in Broward County] is going up almost 50% while the population is going up less than 5%. You know, there are things that as population grows, we've seen this in the state of Florida, more people pay sales tax, you end up having higher receipts. (07:06–07:23)

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Asserts that Broward County's tax increase is disproportionate to its population growth.

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