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Ron DeSantisonX / Twitter20d ago
I worry about taxpayers who local governments have overtaxed.
Property tax revenue has nearly doubled for local governments this decade.
The state has reduced its budget for 4 straight years — local governments can do the same.
Floridians should not be taxed out of their homes!
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Analysis Summary
DeSantis is pushing his signature message ahead of Florida's November ballot amendment to sharply raise the homestead exemption. His claim about local property tax revenue growth checks out — it has risen substantially over recent years. However, his framing that revenue has nearly doubled doesn't hold up under scrutiny. What he leaves out is that local governments rely on property taxes for over half their revenue — mostly police, fire, and schools — while the state has no income tax and leans on sales taxes and tourism, so the comparison isn't apples-to-apples. Legislative analyses project cities, counties, and districts would lose about $8.4 billion a year if the amendment passes, with places like Oviedo warning they'd have to fold their police departments.
Claims Analysis (3)
“Property tax revenue has nearly doubled for local governments this decade.”
Florida property tax collections rose from roughly $32B in 2019 to about $55-60B by 2024, per Dept of Revenue data — a near-doubling in about seven years, not strictly 'this decade'.
“The state has reduced its budget for 4 straight years.”
The FY 2026-27 budget marks the fourth consecutive year of declining state spending in nominal dollars, confirmed by multiple outlets.
“Local governments can do the same [reduce budgets].”
Policy opinion. Local governments argue their fiscal structure differs — property taxes fund core services like police/fire that can't easily be cut.
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