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DeSantis unveils budget to cut government jobs, bolster education, debt repayment
mountaineer:
JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis proposes cutting more than 1,000 government jobs in Florida as part of new budget
"We are also gonna be reducing the size of government [...] That's gonna help us realign resources to focus on efficiency."
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https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1732045403733025167
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Florida's Voice News
By Amber Jo Cooper
Published Dec. 5, 2023, 9:50 a.m. ET | Updated Dec. 5, 2023
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference Tuesday to unveil the $114.4 billion “Focus on Florida’s Future” budget for 2024-2025.
The upcoming budget is less than the previous year, DeSantis said. Last year, the Framework for Freedom Budget totaled $116.5 billion.
The governor said his budget would induce a surplus of $16.3 billion.
DeSantis said the amount always ends up higher, because “the economy here does better than in other parts of the country.”
Under the budget, $455 million would be pledged to the Accelerated Debt Repayment Program.
Over 1,000 positions will be eliminated throughout the state government to “help us realign resources to focus on efficiency,” the governor said. ...
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catfish1957:
Governing philosphy that this country needs.
Too bad we are stuck with the Orange Menace.
GtHawk:
--- Quote from: catfish1957 on December 05, 2023, 03:03:10 pm ---Governing philosphy that this country needs.
Too bad we are stuck with the Orange Menace.
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Shouldn't that be the Orange Mendacious?
GtHawk:
Can't wait for governor Noisome to boast how much better he is doing with his plan for California :silly: Problem is one governor is trying to better his state and the other is doing his utmost to destroy his state **nononono*
catfish1957:
--- Quote from: GtHawk on December 05, 2023, 04:54:57 pm ---Can't wait for governor Noisome to boast how much better he is doing with his plan for California :silly: Problem is one governor is trying to better his state and the other is doing his utmost to destroy his state **nononono*
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Hope those initial "Deer in Headlight" moments of having to respond to Hannity debate graphics are kept in archive for perpetuity.
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