Tax Less, Frack More — That’s the Red-State Formula as Newsom and DeSantis Debate

California has the highest taxes in the country, and Florida is one of a handful of red states with a zero income tax.

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Governors DeSantis and Newsom. AP

Spend less, tax less, regulate less, frack more: That’s the red state formula that is crushing blue states, and with those policies, Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, cleaned the clock of California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, in the red vs. blue debate this week hosted by Sean Hannity of Fox News.

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