Otisburg?

Does he blame Superman?

But all that work he's done to make Florida more business friendly surely can't have failed, could it?

On a side note, I thought he "sold" the company to his wife or something?

Diogenes: On a side note, I thought he "sold" the company to his wife or something?

In April, he announced he was selling his interest, which happened in late June when a New York investment company bought him out.

Never mind.

/latilla

The headline is accurate. He is a comic book villain at this point.

Darth_Lukecash: Otisburg?

Otisburg?!?!?!?

Sarah Palin's Conscience: Oh for fark's sake! We don't need anymore farking healthcare related jobs! This state is absolutely saturated! In my small town we have at least 6 doctor's offices!

Bring back the farking manufacturing jobs!!

You do realize that Nashville is basically the national health care headquarters, right?

Voting enabled?

Sarah Palin's Conscience: Oh for fark's sake! We don't need anymore farking healthcare related jobs! This state is absolutely saturated! In my small town we have at least 6 doctor's offices!

Bring back the farking manufacturing jobs!!

Couple problems with this is that with a strong dollar, it more encourages imports than exports. Exports boom on a weak dollar as it means foreign buyers are essentially getting a comparative bargain. But a weak dollar essentially means it takes more money to buy imports, and since the vast portion of our economy is consumer driven, all those cheap electronics start to go up in price, out of season fruits and vegetables go up in price, oil prices go up, etc etc. Another thing to remember is that if we say, tried to open an electronic manufactoring plant here in the USA, the product would be vastly more expensive than a product produced by cheap labor. If Globalization were to end tomorrow, a lot of those nice toys and what not would be forced out of the average buyer range. Only way this is going to change is when transportation costs start to outweigh production costs, but it will still be painful to the average consumer.

Mugato: The headline is accurate. He is a comic book villain at this point.

Yeah, but not Lex Luthor, Luthor's too smart. More like Boris Badenov without the heavy accent.

Jake Havechek: Then he took 40 cakes.

That's as many as four tens.

Darth_Lukecash: Otisburg?

Thread's over early, folks. Grab your shiat and get out.

Businesses leaving the state, waging war on the middle and lower classes, unemployment in FL leading the country, and good old Pink Slip Rick and Sarah Palin will be attending a "'victory dinner' for the Republican Party of Florida at the Grand Floridian."

What a turd.

StrikitRich: Bob16: How bad do you have to suck when Tennessee looks good to you.

Don't think Tennessee has a state income tax, like Florida, and as the article said their operations would be cheaper by co-locating with all the other health insurance firms.

Florida doesn't have state income tax either. It was a nice change when I moved here from NJ.

StrikitRich: Diogenes: StrikitRich: Bob16: How bad do you have to suck when Tennessee looks good to you.

Don't think Tennessee has a state income tax, like Florida, and as the article said their operations would be cheaper by co-locating with all the other health insurance firms.

Florida doesn't have state income tax either. It was a nice change when I moved here from NJ.

Uh..yes, Florida has no income tax, which is why I said, "like Florida" in my comment.

You know, I read that correctly and still misunderstood. I parsed the clause wrong. I inserted a mental "does" -- "like Florida does."

I wasn't trying to be snippy.

John Henry Eden: In any law abiding country this guy would be in prison right now.

That's what the Republican party does. They say "Yes, we're raping you. What are you going to do about it"? And the people reply, "uh, nothing. May I have another?".

If the reason is that he's buying real estate in Georgia and will nuke Florida off the map....I am all for that.