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Ron DeSantis: “You have a state that has the lowest, the smallest…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Signs Florida Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

Published | Video Starts at 29:23

But the reality is you have a state that has reduced its budget four years in a row. You have a state that's paid down, it will now have been over 52% of its total taxpayer supported outstanding debt. You have a state that has the lowest, the smallest government footprint in terms of per capita of any state in the United States. You have a maxed out rainy day fund that's more than tripled from where we were seven and a half years ago. And on and on it goes. (29:23–29:33)

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Asserts that the state has the smallest government footprint per capita in the U.S.

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