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Ron DeSantis: “We've paid off more than 41% of [Florida's state debt] since…”

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Governor Ron DeSantis Discusses Fiscal Responsibility and Property Tax Reform in Florida

Published July 24, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:16

So if you look at the state of Florida's debt that we have as a state over the 180 year history, all the debt that's been racked up since I've been governor, We've paid off more than 41% of [Florida's state debt] since I've been governor. it. And by the end of this fiscal year, we will have paid off almost 50% of the state's total historical debt. (08:16–08:17)

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“We've had record increases in teacher salaries. We've dedicated this year's budget $1.35 billion just for teacher pay increases for school…”
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“We've done major investment, accelerated money to go to road projects to accelerate these, to be able to get this done.”
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“We've never dedicated this much investment in environmental restoration, Everglades restoration.”
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“Ten years ago, 15 years ago, Florida's your share of Florida state debt as an individual Floridian was close to, close to triple what it is…”
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“We've more than tripled the state's rainy day fund [since I became governor].”
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“We've put rainy day money in the rainy day fund to where we're not constitutionally able to do any more.”
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“Broward county, they've had almost no population growth on net in the last since 2020, but yet the budget's increased by like 50%.”
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“The CFO does have authority in Florida to conduct oversight and audits of any government agency that gets any state money.”
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“Property tax receipts have gone up 86% in the last six years in [Manatee] county.”
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“Property tax receipts have gone up 86% in the last six years in this county, and that's $213 million in increased collection.”
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“Growth in Manatee [County] has been about 14%.”
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“During the last six year fiscal period, there have been money added to Manatee's reserves. 161 million added.”
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“That's a total reserve of 734 million in reserves.”
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“We run budget surpluses in Florida.”
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“We've maxed out the rainy day fund.”
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“Manatee county has, I think, admirably lowered the millage rates for residents.”
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“We send a lot of state money around to different entities.”
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“I launched Operation Vigilance Sentry a year and a half ago, two years ago, to help stop all the flotillas coming in from Jamaica, Haiti…”
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“Since President Trump took office. But when Biden was there, there were some holes. He didn't put enough resources down.”
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“There was a bill at the beginning of the year that, you know, the speaker of the House was trying to jam down that blaze opposed, and I…”
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“We have done more than any other state in the country.”
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“I had to veto their [congressional] map a couple years ago and I'm just like, guys, I'm going to veto it.”
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“And just last week the Florida Supreme Court upheld the map that all the naysayers were saying was somehow defective.”
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“I think if you look at that Florida Supreme Court analysis, there may be more defects that need to be remedied apart from what we've already…”
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“I also think the way the population has shifted around Florida just since the census was done in 2020, I think the state is malapportioned.”
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“We only got one seat. When some of these other states were getting seats. When we've obviously had more growth, we should have gotten at…”
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