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Ron DeSantis: “We had $32 billion that local governments in Florida took in…”

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Governor DeSantis Announces Florida Supreme Court Appointment

Published | Video Starts at 49:41

The one thing in terms of helping people with affordability that we control through our constitution, in this case with the ballot initiative, is the tax. And the reality is, as I mentioned yesterday in my speech, We had $32 billion that local governments in Florida took in in property tax in 2019, last year 56 billion. So that's a massive increase. Why? Because more people have moved here. Valuations have gone up, assessments have gone up. (49:41–49:52)

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Asserts that local governments in Florida collected $32 billion in property tax in 2019 and $56 billion last year.

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