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Podcast: America's Talking
Episode: DeSantis Offers Plan to Eliminate Property Taxes for Poor, Rural Counties
Description: (The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the state to take over some funding of government services for rural, thinly-populated fiscally constrained counties and allow them to eliminate their property taxes. DeSantis made the statement at an economic development announcement in Crawfordville on Monday. His estimate of how much this would cost Florida taxpayers would be about $300 million per year, a drop in the bucket of the nearly $50 billion in general fund spending that is part of a tentative budget deal by lawmakers.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-9...