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Ron DeSantis: “We've just lowered taxes since I've been here.”

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LIVE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis talks property taxes

Published May 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 13:28

I mean, that's really what you'd want to do. I mean, like, look, we've done. We've just lowered taxes since I've been here. It's not like we've, you know, done other. But I mean, if you're running for office, if the people that can't vote for you are the ones that is being … (13:28–13:31)

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Asserts that taxes have been lowered in Florida during Ron DeSantis's tenure.

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“We now have millions of more people than New York state does, and yet their budget is over twice the size of the budget of the state of…”
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“New York City, 8 million people. Their budget is bigger than the budget of the state of Florida with 23 and a half million people.”
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“In 2019, all local governments in Florida took in $32 billion of revenue from property taxes. Today that numbers 60 billion seven years…”
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“We opened up the facility down in the Everglades and we've now had 22,000 illegal aliens that were sent there by DHS.”
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“Florida has 140 plus million people that visit this state every year.”
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“This country's had the worst inflation it's had in 40 years.”
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“We've done almost 10 billion in tax cuts.”
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“We made the exclusion of sales tax for baby items permanent.”
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“We eliminated the tax on commercial business rent.”
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“We did a toll rebate program, 50% reduction in tolls for commuters across Florida.”
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“There's not been one penny of increase for in-state tuition at our public universities.”
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“Florida's budget is basically been flat or declining over the last four years.”
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“You've had almost 100% increase in revenue going to local governments.”
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“The projection under current is that by 2031 they'll be taking in 83 billion.”
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“The vast majority of the revenue that is being taken in on property tax by local governments is not for homestead properties.”
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“That is probably about almost 70% of the entire revenue that is coming in.”
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“We're going to focus on homestead exemption for Floridians.”
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“70% of the revenue that's not even affected by a homestead exemption should only be allowed to be used for public safety, police, fire…”
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“If you move here after this is enacted, you got to pay tax for a certain period of time before you qualify for this.”
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“You gotta have a limitation on that to protect particularly our small businesses so that they can't increase the value and then tax more on…”
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“We're not creating any taxes and we're not raising any taxes. Certainly at the state level.”
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“The Florida legislature voted last year to put on the ballot a provision that's going to fail.”
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“We've maxed out our rainy day fund. We've quadrupled it since I've been governor.”
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“Our budget net has increased less than inflation and population growth over the last six or seven years.”
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“Our budget overall, nominally is higher than it was seven years ago, but we've also added 2 plus million more people.”
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“Commercial, non-residential and non-homestead residential...that's probably, you know, I don't know, 40 some billion dollars.”
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“I think ultimately a lot of these local jurisdictions will benefit because I think more money in people's pocket is more money that's going…”
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“We obviously have no income tax and our sales tax exempts medications, groceries, baby items.”
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“California has the highest income tax in the entire country amongst all 50 states.”
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“California also has the highest sales tax.”
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“We're considered a very low tax state in terms of our state policy.”
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“If you say total taxes, we're still lower than most and we're probably in the top 10.”
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“We are not number one simply because of property tax.”
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“We saw, you know, criminal aliens committing criminal offenses and victimizing Floridians and Americans.”
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“We did a special session of the Florida legislature.”
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“There would be a requirement in Florida law that all state and local law enforcement agencies assist DHS in this mission.”
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“Lives were saved as a result of [detaining 22,000 illegal aliens].”
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“People come here and they spend money, they contribute with taxes and to the state for sure with sales tax.”
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“You got to limit the ability of local governments to increase assessments on businesses.”
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“I think people have definitely reached the limit on what they can afford on, particularly on property tax.”
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“We were at 32 billion in 2019 for local governments in all of Florida. Now it's 60.”
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“In four or five years [local government revenue] will be 83 billion, up from 32 billion.”
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“That'll be bigger increase in tax going in than all the tax that was taken in in 2019.”
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“Some of these people are fleeing the wealth tax from California.”
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“We're getting close to, I think, landing the budget for the legislature.”
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