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Ron DeSantis pushes permanent Florida sales-tax exemption for gas stoves
MarketWatch ^ | February 1, 2023 | Rachel Beals

Posted on 02/04/2023 12:48:55 PM PST by Golden Eagle

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida and a likely 2024 candidate for president, delivered on an earlier promise Wednesday when he said new gas stoves — in fact, all gas appliances — should be exempt from his state’s sales tax.

DeSantis rolled out the first budget of his second term, and among the proposed breaks for taxpayers is a $7 million permanent exemption on appliances fueled by combustible gas, such as natural gas propane, butane, liquefied petroleum gas and syngas.

The move comes as the debate over gas stoves has heated up in recent weeks. In an interview with Bloomberg in early January, an official from the Consumer Product Safety Commission talked about the possibility of a ban on the sale of gas stoves, which some studies have found produce emissions that contribute to climate change and also pose health risks inside the home.

The official, Richard Trumka Jr., later tweeted: “To be clear, CPSC isn’t coming for anyone’s gas stoves. Regulations apply to new products. For Americans who CHOOSE to switch from gas to electric, there is support available — Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes a $840 rebate.”

The CPSC later walked back its comments, but the agency also said it would conduct more research this year.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 1desantis2024; breaking; desantis; desantis2024; fl; florida; gasstoves; magawithdesantis; notconservative; salestax; salestaxexemption
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1 posted on 02/04/2023 12:48:55 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle

Best Governor ever.


2 posted on 02/04/2023 12:51:40 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Arcadian Empire

But...but....he’s a Globalist!


3 posted on 02/04/2023 12:52:08 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Arcadian Empire

ever ...


4 posted on 02/04/2023 12:52:41 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: Golden Eagle

Lol! And that is how it is done folks...


5 posted on 02/04/2023 12:53:46 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Golden Eagle

You’ll get my gas cooktop from my cold dead hands, Federales. I’ve only had gas for the last 18 months, and I LOVE it!


6 posted on 02/04/2023 12:54:20 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Golden Eagle

Here is the current list of GOP Governors.

Gov Ron DeSantis strikes again with a hot GAS stove. When are the other GOP Governors going to get off their butts and start doing similar stuff???????????????????????

GOP GOVERNORS IN 2023

Alabama Kay Ivey Republican

Alaska Mike Dunleavy Republican

Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders Republican

Florida Ron DeSantis Republican

Georgia Brian Kemp Republican

Idaho Brad Little Republican

Indiana Eric Holcomb Republican

Iowa Kim Reynolds Republican

Mississippi Tate Reeves Republican

Missouri Mike Parson Republican

Montana Greg Gianforte Republican

Nebraska Jim Pillen Republican

Nevada Joe Lombardo Republican

New Hampshire Chris Sununu Republican

North Dakota Doug Burgum Republican

Ohio Mike DeWine Republican

Oklahoma Kevin Stitt Republican

South Carolina Henry McMaster Republican

South Dakota Kristi Noem Republican

Tennessee Bill Lee Republican

Texas Greg Abbott Republican

Utah Spencer Cox Republican

Vermont Phil Scott Republican

Virginia Glenn Youngkin Republican

West Virginia Jim Justice Republican

Wyoming Mark Gordon Republican


7 posted on 02/04/2023 12:57:12 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: dfwgator

I know you were being sarcastic, but check the timeline on these announcements:

January 11:

DeSantis vows to ban Chinese investors from buying land in Florida

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/desantis-vows-to-ban-chinese-investors-from-buying-land-in-florida/ar-AA16cxhI

January 18:

Trump: If re-elected I’ll stop China from buying US farmland

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/366113


8 posted on 02/04/2023 1:00:22 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: Golden Eagle

way to go Gov Ron.

no words. just giving it to them right in the teeth.


9 posted on 02/04/2023 1:01:12 PM PST by dadfly
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To: Golden Eagle

Still though, I’ll keep my powder dry on this until next year.

May the best man win. We all know a lot can happen between now and next year.


10 posted on 02/04/2023 1:02:46 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FreedomPoster
You’ll get my gas cooktop from my cold dead hands

Exactly. Gas stoves are actually a form of home defense, starting with keeping you warm if necessary. Turn all those burners on at once and its essentially a fireplace.

11 posted on 02/04/2023 1:04:14 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: Golden Eagle

DeSantis is really cooking with gas.


12 posted on 02/04/2023 1:07:16 PM PST by devere
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To: dfwgator

“””May the best man win. We all know a lot can happen between now and next year.”””


I personally like the idea that the GOP has a very strong bench of potential candidates for 2024.

While the Democrat bench is pretty weak and as we have found out in 2020 and 2022, the DEM’s can only win by massive cheating.

Instead of worrying about who the best GOP candidate will be in 2024, we should focus all of our energy on cleaning up the election systems in each state.

Unless we clean up the election mess, even our best will lose.


13 posted on 02/04/2023 1:10:13 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Golden Eagle
Ron DeSantis pushes permanent Florida sales-tax exemption for gas stoves

Gas stoves are a requirement in Hurricane Country.

14 posted on 02/04/2023 1:10:46 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Ultra MAGA in Biden's Post Constitutional United Socialist States of Amerika!)
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To: Golden Eagle

Atta boy.


15 posted on 02/04/2023 1:13:41 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: dfwgator

Until the Democrat Election Theft Machine is destroyed, you are just pissing into the wind.


16 posted on 02/04/2023 1:15:59 PM PST by sport
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To: sport

That, too.


17 posted on 02/04/2023 1:16:34 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Golden Eagle

I had the plumbers come and put in a new gas line, last Friday. Yesterday my new gas stove was delivered. I planned on getting a gas stove for a couple of years, this just made me pull the trigger. I’m giving my daughter my old electric stove, it still works great.


18 posted on 02/04/2023 1:26:48 PM PST by Dac59 (Essential Craft)
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To: Golden Eagle

Not a problem here in WA since my gas stove just identified as electric.


19 posted on 02/04/2023 1:41:53 PM PST by SkyDancer (Hold on tight to your dream)
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To: Golden Eagle

I understand his intentions and they are good. But this is just another example of government picking winners and losers. Even though I would fall into the winner’s category if I lived in Florida and needed to buy a stove, I am dead set against this.


20 posted on 02/04/2023 1:44:55 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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