Abolish property taxes? DeSantis endorses the idea and explains how it could be done in Florida

The governor, who is currently serving his second term after a decisive re-election victory in Florida's 2022 gubernatorial contest, was responding to someone on X who advocated abolishing property taxes in the state and asked what would need to be done to make that happen.

"Property taxes are local, not state. So we'd need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to eliminate them (which I would support) or even to reform/lower them," DeSantis noted.

"We should put the boldest amendment on the ballot that has a chance of getting that 60%," he continued. 

"I agree that taxing land/property is the more oppressive and ineffective form of taxation," the governor added.

The governor's tweet has amassed more than 50,000 likes so far since he shared it on Thursday evening.