[bmw335xi]

https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings/florida

[BucFan]

Surprised. Thought Alaska was the state giving back dividends to state residents every year.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by BucFan

Surprised. Thought Alaska was the state giving back dividends to state residents every year.

Not really surprising given the lack of spending on roads/infrastructure, education and other public services...and it's hardly worth celebrating unless you get off on deprivation of others less fortunate.

[BucFan]

I "get off" on a gov't that doesn't feel entitled to spend frivolously while having unhindered access to my yearly earnings - if I wanted that, I'd live in New York or some other heavily taxed state.

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by BucFan

I "get off" on a gov't that doesn't feel entitled to spend frivolously while having unhindered access to my yearly earnings - if I wanted that, I'd live in New York or some other heavily taxed state.

Public education, libraries, social services like police/fire and sufficient infrastructure aren't "frivolous" to most.

[BucFan]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Public education, libraries, social services like police/fire and sufficient infrastructure aren't "frivolous" to most.

Absolutely correct. You think we need more libraries? My county alone has a few. Maybe too many. Locations: Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative

Frivilous is paying Pit Bull $1 mil from taxpayer funds.....
Pitbull releases terms of $1 million contract with Visit Florida tourism | Miami Herald

Frivilous is hiring people into gov't with no experience
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/poli...166065557.html

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Not really surprising given the lack of spending on roads/infrastructure, education and other public services...and it's hardly worth celebrating unless you get off on deprivation of others less fortunate.

Or you could just turn into a blackhole of spending and taxes and end up a junk credit rating like IL, multiple bankrupt cities like Cali, or a major city bankruptcy like Detroit...

It's no surprise that fiscally leaner states are also more likely to be solvent unlike the examples I've cited above

"The problem with socialism is, eventually, you do run out of other people's money"

Congrats FL on be fiscally responsible without an income tax

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

given the lack of spending on roads/.

Thanks in part to weather, Florida has better roads than probably any state I've been to in the northeast despite the lower levels of taxation. And there are plenty of tolls in ny, pa and nj.

But, please, don't let my facts get in the way of your anti FL rants

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by chopchop0

Thanks in part to weather, Florida has better roads than probably any state I've been to in the northeast despite the lower levels of taxation. And there are plenty of tolls in ny, pa and nj.

But, please, don't let my facts get in the way of your anti FL rants

My Uncle biked from San Francisco to San diego to St Augustine, it took over a month, completely on his bike. He said Florida had the best roads during his entire trip. He lives in Alaska btw and has family in California, so no bias towards FL. I also drove from San Francisco to Orlando, and Florida does have some of the better condition roads conpared to the states I drove through. California is one of the worst yet they tax and spend some of the most, which proves management is more important than blind spending.

[bale002]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

Public education, libraries, social services like police/fire and sufficient infrastructure aren't "frivolous" to most.

I am quite satisfied in my county and local communities with roads (some brand spanking new), libraries, and the police department, even with elementary public schools; true, middle and high schools are iffy, but there are several public magnet schools that stand out.

New private vehicle marketing, engine technologies and driver technologies will obviate any perceived need for local public rail transportation, so all these years of stagnation may prove to be a blessing: why invest billions in 1950s infrastructure technology, when we are on the verge of once-in-a-century technological breakthrough? Sounds like regressive thinking.

Florida is in good fiscal shape, and it would be stellar if we could impose a special annual poll tax on whiners and complainers.