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Ron DeSantis: “We've tripled our rainy day fund since I've been governor.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Encourages Idaho Legislature to Support Balanced Budget Amendment

Published | Video Starts at 19:16

Voter want to pay off some taxes and have more federal programs. Well, look, I think it depends, you know, I think it depends on how you do it. I can tell you in Florida, We've tripled our rainy day fund since I've been governor. but we have cut taxes every single year. In fact, if you take Florida's 180 year debt that I inherited just in my tenure, we've paid off 50% of that debt with our surplus. (19:16–19:20)

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Asserts that Florida's rainy day fund has tripled under his governorship.

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