Florida

I also don’t want Florida to feel left out, so I’d like to say a few things about the goings on in that state. The Governor wants to end all public hospitals and clinics. He also wants to phase out corporate taxes over the next 3 years – yes, to 0.

His new budget cuts around $1.75 billion dollars from K-12 public education (more from the education department and higher education as well). He says it’s because the state is in a fiscal crisis. But he isn’t proposing saving that money. Instead, he wants to give a $1.6 billion corporate and property tax cut.

Look a little closer and you see that teacher salaries are cut by $2,335. Each homeowner gets $44.72 in tax relief. I wonder where the other $2290.28 goes.

That is what you call a redistribution of wealth.