Great article on why thousands are leaving Florida...Thanks Repubs...

as in there ARE none.

Our economy is based on tourism and real estate development and both are in the tank thanks to the national economy tanking and short sightedness on the part of GOP legislators who don't understand the need to diversify.

We need JOBS in high technology, manufacturing and alternative energy production.

Our taxes are tiny compared to most places, we have NO income tax, property taxes were recently cut and we have no ad valorem tax on automobiles - our tag fees even after raising are still smaller than most places.

Taxes aren't the issue - crappy schools, high insurance costs and no jobs are the problems.


Doug D.
Orlando, FL

It was also the fact that reprehensible party keep stealing elections.

We were harassed by NSA for 4 years after 2000 selection when we saw our ballots taken from our polling place and not taken to the courthouse but dumped into truck mounted shredders. We had to put up with threatening phone calls, our phones and emails monitored, and our home invaded w/o warrant while we were not home. Neighbors were witness.

As for the jobs, my partner had been downsized 4 times then outsourced a couple more.
Then in 20022 companies were sold overseas within six months.

I had been downsized several times then got sick and Jebbie shrub decided to mess with the medicaid system. I am an hiv patient and the change meant that I could not get health care ..because they arbitrarily assigned to a freakin gynecologist..who was as confused as I was, I tried to straighten it out with medicaid who told me i would go to the dr they assigned or do without. I ended up doing without for over a year, and got good and sick.
Now by this time I had been with my primary dr for 7 years. Him they took his license saying that he did not know what he was doing, this guy saved my life several times.
So add crappy health care and meddling by politicians.

We left for NC in summer 2002, I miss it some, but not the traffic, tourists, swampy drinking water, and of course the republican retirees that act like a-------s most of the time..it really was the repugs that made me want out of there..
I hate divas me me me me me me me me.

Rents are too high and wages are too low, that was the last straw.