Hey all, the stock market seems to rallying and everything seems to be doing great, right? Wrong! Who knows what the stockmarket is going to do today or tomorrow or next week for that matter. What is happening right here in our locale is more people getting laid off, a pittance for unemployment, lost health insurance, and our schools are collapsing. We ain’t out of the woods yet folks and our state leadership is way too close to the forest to see those woods.
The legislators are like a bunch of chickens scratching the ground looking for their next kernal of corn. They are cowards for failing to look seriously at how we need to finance the states most basic needs. I’ve heard it from people who say that a state income tax is impossible; it is never going to happen they say. Mark my words, there will be a state income tax in Florida within 5 years from now. If not, we will be living in a thrid world territory depending on the United Nations for help with funding our public school system and we will be turning to the World Bank to finance road construction and other infrastructure needs. No wonder the Guv is trying his damdest to get the hell out of Dodge and plunk himself down in a cushy senate seat; not a forgone conclusion at all. (more…)