Right wing nightmare butchering FL (interstate, drugs, accuses, healthcare)

[HappyTexan]

Mosquitoes are like cockroaches. You can NEVER get rid of them no matter how hard you try.

I lived in Florida and mosquitoes are just part of life there.

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by TXRyan23

The Tea Party and Republicans are two completely separate groups. I feel the same way when it comes to finances and social issues, however, morally and religiously I'm conservative. Most in the Tea Party are kinda nuts and most Republicans try to distance themselves from it.

People are moving to Texas because the business climate is friendly, the economy is strong (statewide unemployment is below 6%) and the taxes and cost of living are very low. I assume that most moving to Florida are doing so for the weather or for retirement.

Well, NOW they are anyway. The Republican party has figured out (finally) that the wildcard Tea Partiers hurt them in this election, so they are taking baby steps to try and distance themselves. Prior to that - it seems to me that the Repubs welcomed the tea partiers with open arms. More moderate Republicans are also trying to distance themselves from the right-wing entertaiment complex including Limbaugh, Hannity, and Coulter. We'll see if it works.

[gwynedd1]

Originally Posted by theguyinthecorner

I'm not a fan of the tea party. But the thing I wonder about is why do people from blue states who bash and don't like Republicans keep moving South to where Republicans are? It's not just Florida you can add: Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina to the popular places to move too list. Republicans must be doing something right if more people (and business) keep moving South.

When it comes to making money and business I'm with Republicans.
When it comes to social issues for the most part I'm with Democrats.

Industry is not just fleeing a socialist paradise. That just correlates with high cost which isn't just taxes. Some people don't get it including my competition when I would arbitrage goods from low cost of living regions and beat the price of people who sourced locally. I guess most people still don't get it. Who owns the land and how much do they charge? That is the foundation of all economy and I made money knowing this fact when I was in my twenties. In other words Republicans are blind to all the enemies of industry thinking there is only one.

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by Ringo1

More moderate Republicans are also trying to distance themselves from the right-wing entertaiment complex including Limbaugh, Hannity, and Coulter. We'll see if it works.

Thank God they are too, Limbaugh and Coulter are true nuts.

[Chimuelojones]

Originally Posted by geos

What's It Like to Wake Up From a Tea Party Binge? Just Ask Florida! | Mother Jones

"They've rejected billions in federal funds in one of the states hardest hit by the recession. They've axed everything from health care and public transportation initiatives to mosquito control and water supply programs."

This is what happens when right wing extremists take over. Especially sad is the loss of the Tampa-Orlando rail link. What utter insanity. It would have been a boon for the whole corridor including Tampa, Orlando, Lakeland and small towns in between.

"the Tampa Tribune discovered that Scott's own transportation department had projected that the train would turn a profit.) Scott sent $2.4 billion back to Washington, a decision that one of Florida's Republican members of Congress, John Mica, said "defies logic."

If your gonna talk the talk, you gotta walk the walk.

[Think4Yourself]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

I'm more of a middle man myself. I think it was the wrong decision to reject the HSR funds. At the same time I think it was a great decision to require people on welfare to submit drug tests.

Disclaimer: I voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012

It really wasn't as it meant the state lost tens of millions of dollars through just out right waste. The cost of the drug tests was ~18 times higher than the amount saved from kicking people who tested positive off of welfare. Worse, Gov Scott give a no bid contract to the company he founded and which he is the single larest shareholder for so it was nothing but corruption and a lose of taxpayer money from start to finish.

[pknopp]

Wouldn't there be some sort of law against the butchering of a state?

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by TXRyan23

Yeah, just look to California and how successful they've been with their money and spending.

You might not want to do that.

It would make you own up to the typical Texan lie you so predictably perpetuate.

[kidkaos2]

Originally Posted by geos

What's It Like to Wake Up From a Tea Party Binge? Just Ask Florida! | Mother Jones

"They've rejected billions in federal funds in one of the states hardest hit by the recession. They've axed everything from health care and public transportation initiatives to mosquito control and water supply programs."

This is what happens when right wing extremists take over. Especially sad is the loss of the Tampa-Orlando rail link. What utter insanity. It would have been a boon for the whole corridor including Tampa, Orlando, Lakeland and small towns in between.

"the Tampa Tribune discovered that Scott's own transportation department had projected that the train would turn a profit.) Scott sent $2.4 billion back to Washington, a decision that one of Florida's Republican members of Congress, John Mica, said "defies logic."

I'm going to go to Mother Jones for information on the effects of Tea Party policies right after I find out about racial equality from the KKK.

[TXRyan23]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

You might not want to do that.

It would make you own up to the typical Texan lie you so predictably perpetuate.

What lie might that be? Cheap cost of living? Jobs? Low taxes? yes sir, I'm living that typical "Texan lie."