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Originally Posted by UCF w00t
I think he was referring to people who have been born and raised in florida. This is getting way off topic but I'll defend my state...
Underpaid - meh, we also have a lower cost of living than many other states and actually, higher than national average per-capita income. That's even taking into consideration all the retirees with minimal income.
right to work state - ya damn right it is. Union membership should be optional. If some idiot wants to start a union there should be no reason for me to join and pay dues unless I support their cause.
so a few issues caused by old farts that aren't even from here 8+ years ago can never be left alone
raping us on property taxes - we have low property taxes and we don't have a state income tax. We have the 3rd lowest taxes in the country.
high foreclosure rate - duh, people from out of state (and some in state) jumped on the real estate bandwagon and drove property values to ridiculous levels for no reason. Florida had one of the highest increases in property state values so it makes sense that foreclosures are now higher here
homeless people along the coast - some areas are higher but I guess they just like the beach for whatever reason. Florida is in the middle of the road in overall homelessness though.
Reality tv - ummm whatever you say chief. It's just because we have a higher volume of hot chicks here 
We live in the greatest state in the union. It's people from out of state that don't understand the rather libertarian mindset that makes Floridians who we are that come in and screw crap up. |
Way to go defending Florida
Florida is a great state to live in and I'm proud to be an American, even when I don't agree with anything our leaders are doing at the moment. Whichever side of the isle you politically lean, there is at least half of the people who agree with you and half that don't. A little more than half put faith in Obama and he is putting forth his agenda in full force. This agenda will affect 100% of voters and even those who decided not to vote. Some of us here support the bailout, others do not. For those that support the bailout, what makes you think that there won't be more handouts needed to keep things going in the near future? The truth of the matter is that very few people will willingly give up their freedoms. However the trick that is going on now is to slowly take those freedoms away little by little and before you realize they are gone, it is too late. For example we all want to be able to own and drive a gas guzzling powerful V8 and are willing to pay $20,000 more than we need to in order to simply buy the car over the many econo-boxes out there. Then we are willing to pay more for gas, more for insurance and more on repairs. If we are willing to do all of this and we still want to buy a damn V8, then why should even more restrictions be placed to make it harder for the auto companies to build these vehicles and why should we have to pay even more in penalties to own one?? If you let the Government keep bailing out GM and getting more and more control with this auto panel and auto czar, the Government will do all those things I describe above and not wink an eye about it.