Comment on Florida Congressman: "The UK decision to sanction Israeli companies is outrageous. There will be consequences. UK businesses will be targeted. We will be fine. That tiny little island will not"

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• massacre@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m pretty convinced that Florida and DeSantis are holding off on implementing a state income tax because their coffers are taking a hit from tourism. The whole state is artificially cheaper to run because of it and they are losing billions. cbsnews.com/…/florida-tourism-numbers-decline-aga… doesn’t spell it out as well as it could, but they’ve lost over a quarter million travlers and $50B

  www.jec.senate.gov/…/jec-report-on-tourism.pdf paints a pretty grim picture for the US Overall, but with Florida shedding 2.2% of jobs on the heels of the COVID tourism impact, the state is on thin ice tax-wise.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    which is why they arnt reporting any news about tourism taking a hit, PLUS ice making immigrants afraid of working as slaves in the state.

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  • Doomsider@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, I think they would rather let their state fail than to properly generate revenue. That way the private sector can finally take over driving Florida into what could only be called fiefdoms. This is the magical utopia Republicans have been praying for, the failure of government and the rise of corporations above all else. I know this has pretty much happened already, but they won’t be happy until there is no government or at least one they don’t have absolute control of which means it would be much much smaller than they have now.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      if the ocean doesnt take over the state first, or hurricanes.

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