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Ron DeSantis: “Your share of the state debt is like $400 per person. Your…”

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5.12.25 - Governor DeSantis Holds Press Conference on Florida's Immigration Enforcement

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We're here having seen as federal debt owed to the public has ballooned over the last six years. In Florida, it's 41% lower. Your share of the state debt is like $400 per person. Your share of the federal debt is $105,000 per US citizen. I mean, you couldn't see a stronger contrast there. I want to keep doing that. I mean, it's interesting. This, the debt repayment that we did, we have a surplus now. (1:12:25–1:12:35)

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Asserts that the per capita state debt in Florida is $400, while the per capita federal debt is $105,000.

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