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The president suggested the $5 million payments would go toward paying down the national debt.
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Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
DeSantis said Florida saved $3.8 billion in last year's budget and has paid down 41 percent of state debt since 2019.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
DeSantis would also spend $830 million to pay down state debt ahead of schedule, an effort that has become a frequent talking point at his campaign events.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Trump just told the WEF that companies who move to America will pay the lowest taxes in the industrialized world, and that companies that don't will pay trillions of dollars in tariffs into the U.S. Treasury to pay down our debt.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
DeSantis said Florida saved $3.8 billion in last year's budget and has paid down 41 percent of state debt since 2019.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
DeSantis would also spend $830 million to pay down state debt ahead of schedule, an effort that has become a frequent talking point at his campaign events.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
Trump just told the WEF that companies who move to America will pay the lowest taxes in the industrialized world, and that companies that don't will pay trillions of dollars in tariffs into the U.S. Treasury to pay down our debt.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Pay down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20down. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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