Obviously no one in this current Congress or the President has learned the lesson of the Cash for Clunkers. The Home Buyers credit did nothing for property values or sales.
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Filed under: Economy, Florida Tourism, Housing
Can it be true that only 400 of a possible 2000 Skimmers available to the US are active in the Gulf of Mexico? President Obama is supposed to be in charge here. Where is his outrage over the lack of cooperation from the Skimmer operators? For that matter, where is the outrage from our Governor?
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Filed under: Economy, Florida Tourism, Oil Spill
Don Gaetz recently has been looking at a way to reduce property taxes for those affected by the Oil spill here along the Gulf Coast. Matt and I met with the property appraisers of the five coastal NW Florida counties this am. We’re working on a way to reduce property taxes on properties whose valueRead the Rest…
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Filed under: Economy, Local Politics, Oil Spill
Florida and the Federal Government currently pay for Medicaid. This accounts for nearly a quarter of the Florida budget. The Health Care bill will raise that amount by nearly $140 million a year by 2014. The year that everything is supposed to kick in. Four years later that amount will increase to over a billionRead the Rest…
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, Health Care
Under Governor Charlie Christ, Florida unemployment rates have continued to climb. Even with his embracing of President Obama, Charlie Christ still hasn’t been able to stop the tide of joblessness in the state of Florida. Later this year, Florida is set to break the all time high for unemployment at over 12 percent. State economistsRead the Rest…
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Filed under: Economy, Florida Politics, Labor, unemployment
Imagine, if you will, that the Democrats actually believe in change for the good of everyone. Our country continues to face the same fundamental challenges it faced yesterday. Our health care system still needs reform. Wall Street still needs to be held accountable. We still need to create good jobs. And we still need toRead the Rest…
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Filed under: Congress, Corruption, Economy, Energy, Environment, Florida Politics, GOP, Government Reform, Grassroots, Health Care, Immigration, National Politics, National Security, Pork, Presidential Politics, taxes
The Stimulus Bill H.R. 1 was passed through both the Senate and House. Here is how our Congressmen voted. On the original House Bill both Congressman Jeff Miller(R) and Congressman Allen Boyd(D) voted “No” on the Bill. Yet when the version passed the Senate, Congressman Allen Boyd changed his vote to “Yes” on the finalRead the Rest…
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, Government Reform, National Politics
In a discussion with the folks over at Politico, Senator John Kerry(D) made it quite clear that he doesn’t care if Republican leaders want to discuss the Stimulus bill the Senate intends on passing or not. Sen. John Kerry says Democrats should ignore Republicans’ demands about the stimulus plan if they’re going to vote againstRead the Rest…
Good news and bad news for those of us who believe in limited government spending. Both of our elected Congressmen for Northwest Florida have voted “No” on the Massive Pork Spending resolution H.R. 1 While this wasn’t a surprise coming from Congressman Jeff Miller(R), it does come as a slight surprise from Congressman Allen Boyd(D).Read the Rest…
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, National Politics, Pork
After being shot down in the Senate, the Auto Maker Bailout was revived by the President. President Bush authorized the Treasury Department to use TARP funds on friday to provide the failing Automakers with loans until the end of March. The US government said Friday it would provide ailing automakers with 13.4 billion dollars inRead the Rest…
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