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Ron DeSantis: “We've also been ranked number one in economy by U.S. News…”

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Published August 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:41

We as a state have been ranked the number one economy in the country three years in a row by CNBC. We've also been ranked number one in economy by U.S. News and World Report. Our GDP, when I became governor, was 1 trillion, which was significant. Now it's close to 1.8 trillion. So we've had really significant economic growth. (10:41–10:46)

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“We as a state have been ranked the number one economy in the country three years in a row by CNBC.”
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“Our GDP, when I became governor, was 1 trillion, which was significant. Now it's close to 1.8 trillion.”
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“By the end of this fiscal year, all of Florida's history up until the time I became governor of will have paid off about 50% of the state's…”
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“We have the lowest per capita debt of any state in the United States.”
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“To be able to afford the median home in the United States right now, you would need to be making like $130,000.”
LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Tampa | Uploaded August 26, 2025 | 49:13-49:22
“There are more would-be home buyers that are over the age of 70 in the United States than under the age of 30.”
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“It [i275 expansion] will help moving goods around the Tampa Bay area.”
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“It [i275 expansion] will of course, reduce travel delays, some say up to 85% reduction in travel delays.”
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“This [i275 expansion] will relieve congestion in Pinellas county.”
LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Tampa | Uploaded August 26, 2025 | 09:21-21:38
“The only state I think that's had more economic growth since 2019 is Idaho.”
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“We just got, I think it was a double A minus rating from one of the rating agencies, Florida. We're AAA with every agency across the board…”
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“Our rainy day fund, it's called the budget stabilization fund, we have more than tripled that since I've become governor.”
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“We can't put any more in legally under the constitution. Like, we've maxed it out.”
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“We launched an initiative called Moving Florida Forward, which took billions and billions of dollars from our state surplus and plowed it…”
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“The total amount has been about $7 billion invested in our transportation system.”
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“At least 20 major interstate and roadway projects across the state have been expedited through this initiative.”
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“We've also been able to celebrate the early completion of congestion relief lanes on one of the busiest parts of i4.”
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“Our total investment in infrastructure for the next five years is almost $70 billion in projects.”
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“The Howard Franklin Bridge is the largest infrastructure project ever delivered in the Tampa Bay area.”
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“We will end up delivering a modern bridge that will increase capacity by 50%.”
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“This is nearly $1 billion investment.”
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“Regional economic value of over $1.42 billion [from the i275 expansion].”
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“We are breaking ground on the i275 expansion, which is one of the largest moving Florida forward projects in the region.”
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“Hundreds of millions of dollars are going into this [i275 expansion].”
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“We're building a continuous corridor of improved mobility and preserving i275 as a major hurricane evacuation route.”
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“You now have universal disaster preparedness supplies, tax free, regardless of time period.”
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“Both the Howard Franklin Bridge as well as the i275 expansion in Pinellas county are really, really significant.”
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“275, that was not even on the radar to be done had we not done moving Florida forward.”
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“The Florida legislature passed the law that was very clear that I signed into law. We're not doing the commandeering of the roads to put up…”
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“Local governments are required to mimic the state standard.”
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“We have remedies in the law to be able to make sure that people are following what their elected representatives have enacted.”
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“It wasn't obvious to the troopers at the time that there was a criminal offense that had been committed.”
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“We were able to do the extradition, and it was fine.”
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“We don't recognize California licenses granted to illegal aliens.”
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“You're not allowed to issue a CDL to somebody who is not in this country legally.”
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“You're not allowed to issue a CDL to somebody who is not capable of understanding traffic signs and have an ability to communicate.”
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“California's a sanctuary state. Their problems spill over to the rest of the country.”
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“The federal government took away the license, the business license.”
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“There was a law that was enacted.”
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“The legislature passed it. I think it passed unanimously. I think in the Senate. It did.”
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“Jared and his agency issued the guidance.”
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“With the Trump administration, you know, they are very aggressive on saying that the roads should not have the markings on them.”
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“Everything you pay in property tax goes local. We don't [the state of Florida] get property tax.”
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“Broward since 2020 has not had any net population growth, and yet their budget's gone up like 60%.”
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“Probably about a third [of property tax revenue] is homestead. The rest is either non-homestead or commercial.”
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“We just had, in the most recent quarter, we had the best quarter ever that we've had for the second quarter of any year.”
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“We had massive numbers of Canadians coming in.”
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“The median household income in the United States is probably something, you know, between 75 and $85,000.”
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“The median home price is well over $400,000.”
LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Tampa | Uploaded August 26, 2025 | 49:08-49:13
“Part of it is just the COVID fiscal policies and the Fed printing money as inflated things.”
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“We have an opportunity to present [property tax relief] on the ballot in November of 2026.”
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“We should do a thousand dollar rebate for homestead Floridians.”
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“There are way more sellers than buyers right now.”
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“Interest rates that people, if they're in an existing home with an older, with a lower rate, they don't want to get out of that.”
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“I don't think sellers are going to be happy with what they're offered.”
LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks in Tampa | Uploaded August 26, 2025 | 54:10-54:14
“I think you're going to probably see some correction in the overall prices of homes when interest rates go down.”
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“I don't think anybody can justify the increases that we've seen in many of these local government budgets over the last four or five years.”
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“You are going to have an opportunity to get this done in November of 2026, and I will be on the front lines trying to deliver that for you.”
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