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YOU THINK? Florida Exodus: Rising Taxes Drive Out Residents. ?There are many things public officia?

By Glenn Reynolds

YOU THINK? Florida Exodus: Rising Taxes Drive Out Residents. “There are many things public officials probably shouldn’t do during a severe recession, but no one seems to have told the leaders in Florida about them. One thing, for instance, would be giving a dozen top aides hefty raises while urging a rise in property taxes, as the mayor of Miami-Dade County recently did. Or jacking up already exorbitant hurricane-insurance premiums, as Florida’s government-run property insurer just did. Or sending an army of highly paid lobbyists to push for a steep hike in electricity rates, as South Florida’s public utility is doing.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 04, 2009 (boomark / email).