Care to modify your statement there, bub?
Florida (#1 on the list) has a Republican governor and majorities in both Houses.
Florida usually votes to the right.
Florida’s finances are under control moreso now than when Crist was in charge.
Unemployment is below the nationwide average.
Illegal alien population isn’t really as great as everyone says it is. Those who are here are Caribbean islanders, for the most part (Cubans and Puerto Ricans).
Sadly, FL did go to Obama, but it’s more purple than solid blue.
Florida’s problem was an out of control real estate market and a high risk insurance haven where premiums skyrocketed in a very, very short period of time; thus pricing most out of their own homes.
Didn't Romney win in Florida by 46%?
"Florida usually votes to the right."
Florida almost went to Gore in 2000 and without Florida, Obama wouldn't be where he is today and probably won't win reelection without the states electoral votes that he will probably have again in 2012.
"Florida’s problem was an out of control real estate market and a high risk insurance haven where premiums skyrocketed in a very, very short period of time; thus pricing most out of their own homes."
We can agree on that.
"Florida’s finances are under control moreso now than when Crist was in charge."
True, but that has not always been the case and I see Florida moving steadily to the left over the last 15 years. However, I could be wrong, I'm a "glass is half empty" kind of thinker when it comes to our nations politics. But don't worry, my state of Texas is in the same boat; we have a Republican Governor and legislature, but we are moving steadily to the left and running up massive debt to boot. It's a sad sight to behold.
Not in Florida. It was 9.9% last month..
Not in Florida. It was 9.9% last month..
“Florida’s problem was an out of control real estate market and a high risk insurance haven where premiums skyrocketed in a very, very short period of time; thus pricing most out of their own homes.”
Florida’s insurance premiums “skyrocketed” due to, yes, the housing boom (more houses per square mile subject to possible hurricane risk) and some large hurricanes that left insurance reserves at catastrophically low levels.
People who live in glass houses should not throw bricks, and people who choose to move where hurricane risks are high should be prepared to pay more for insurance.
Crist made the situation worse, by setting up a fund that is putting the taxpayers, and their future tax obligations on the line to pick up the tab for underfunded insurance plans.
It does not reduce the actual cost for “skyrocketed insurance premiums”, it shifts paying for the cost from your choice of insurance plans to your taxes, and insures that that cost will, altogether, be worse than if the insurance marketplace had been allowed the time to establish a new market balance.