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Ron DeSantis: “We're one of the lowest tax states at the state level, if…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Unveils Frederick Douglass Statue in St. Augustine

Published | Video Starts at 37:24

So always within the same frame, the same kind of, you know, 40 to 60, 40 to 40 yard lines. New York state has millions fewer people than we do. Their budget's over twice the size of our budget. We're one of the lowest tax states at the state level, if not the lowest in the United States. So that surplus money that's there is not people from Duval sending money to people in Madison County. That's money that's coming in, a lot of it, from people that aren't even Florida residents. (37:24–37:30)

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Asserts that Florida is among the lowest tax states in the U.S., potentially the lowest.

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