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Originally Posted by Ron61
Wes,
Good to see you back. And yes, things here are a mess and nothing is getting a lot better in this area as more and more people leave. Raising taxes is no solution as it just causes more small businesses to close and they lose those taxes and actually collect less than before the latest tax raise. The unemployment rate here is the highest it has ever been, but it is slowly going down as a few places are hiring back some of their former employees.
Ron  |
Palm Beach County hired an outside consultant to find ways for the county Government to save money. They recommended that the county fire 52 firefighters. The county was politically astute enough to disregard the recommendation. Not hiring consultants would be a savings.
Governor Crist promised to lower property taxes and to lower insurance premiums. My property taxes are up $800. with no improvements done and my insurance up $1800. If he saves me any more I won't be able to buy food. And for you liberals, the Gov. is a Republican. I am an equal opportunity government scoffer.
Politicians, local, state, and federal, seem to live on some other planet than we do.