basic economy 101:

Illinoisans Fleeing State by Tens of Thousands over Taxes and Financial Loss

Joe Perez says:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/23/trum...udge-says.html

The whole state of Illinois lost 37,500 people last year and just the Tampa Bay Area gained 58,000 last year. No state income tax, low property taxes, low cost of housing, but you do have to shovel sunshine out of your driveway every winter day. :winner:

Don't get too cocky, they'll vote for the same stuff that ruined their home state.

Signed,
Oregon resident (FU CALIFORNIANS!)

true story. how much have union memberships jumped in FL?

There are very few unions down here other than the National Communist Education Association and the Jimmy Hoffa Memorial Teamsters Union for the UPS workers and such. We aren't bringing much manufacturing to Florida. We are getting Tech, management, and accounting jobs s corporations move their offices here for the tax benefits and lower labor costs. Desk jockeys don't unionize unless they work for the government. This is part of the reason our governor has canned a bunch of state workers and contacted out much of the work for savings of millions. We have one of the best Financial ratings of any state in the Union currently. But yes, we expect the Yankees to suck all this up eventually and I'll have to go somewhere else.

See: the Baby Boom generation was a thing that happened. They're now hitting retirement age, and moving to the Del Boca Vista condos in Florida.

Which is the reason I left FL in 1999 and moved to a place with, you know, jobs and industry. :D

So sayeth the constitution, so say we all.

Except we have bunches of new jobs and not so many retirees unlike Fort Myers/ Naples/ Sarasota, which look like heaven's waiting room.

muskets and hunting only.

If you also believe that "freedom of the press" is limited to ink applied to paper with movable-type screw presses, and that "papers," as described in the fourth amendment, does not include digital media, then I'll grant you the muskets clause.

This is how a lot of people appear to me:


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I also believe public forums are private accounts. So I'm going to unban everyone I banned here -- because Constitution.

meanwhile in mother Russia:


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THIS!

So, here's a problem:


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All I can think about now is Morgan Freeman, denying allegations of sexual misconduct, in Morgan Freeman's voice.

Don't you mean "God's voice"?

I saw one of the "incriminating" interviews with Morgan Freeman and viewed it as charming flirtation between a guy that knew he was far too old and a young female interviewer.
If I hadn't seen it in the context of her saying that she felt uncomfortable I wouldn't have thought anything more of it.

Solution: Never give interviews to a woman under 30!

These days it seems you can't even compliment a woman without it being interpreted inappropriately so you say nothing and then they get annoyed because you haven't noticed how good they look if they've put some effort into it.

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