And we are better off for me having done that, because we've been able to use that money in part to accelerate the repayment of our state's debt. So if you look at all the state's debt for our history since I've been governor, We will have paid off 54% of the state's debt under my [tenure]. That's less debt, not more debt. You know, they're already talking about. I saw a blurb in D.C. republicans, you know, thinking about after the election, you know, raising the debt ceiling by $5 trillion or whatever. (02:43–02:52)
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Asserts that 54% of Florida's state debt has been paid off during his tenure.
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