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Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
4. In a word: Retirees
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 01:18 AM
Jan 2019

As long as they keep the taxes low, retirees are happy to vote Republican.

When I lived in Florida it was not unusual to hear some variation of "I busted my ass for ______ years to get what I got and I ain't gonna let some welfare mooch take from me!"

good weather, no state income tax. KG Jan 2019 #1
Dangerous heat 8 months of the year More hurricanes. eom Cetacea Jan 2019 #3
It is not "dangerous heat," and NC and the Gulf have waaaay more hurricanes obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #12
That's simply not true. Cetacea Jan 2019 #13
My coworker constantly talks about moving to Florida...I say go ahead it's fast becoming the toilet UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #2
because of all the NYers moving here. nt RandiFan1290 Jan 2019 #7
100% this obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #11
Oh sure because in NY everybody is native here. There are more transplants here than anywhere UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #14
My friend (then a recent college grad) moved there for a year to live with his mom (just moved there crazycatlady Jan 2019 #20
In a word: Retirees Jake Stern Jan 2019 #4
Good points. FLorida changed a lot since the GOP took over 20 years ago Cetacea Jan 2019 #5
Thank you...this is what I should of said with my post. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #15
No question that the problems I experienced, and have been experienced have been Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #21
Ever read Carl Hiaasen? jls4561 Jan 2019 #6
Just read his bio. One of the authors I probably would have read if I weren't so immersed Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #22
They come from all over treestar Jan 2019 #8
Which is why we have so many people who are willing to add to the troubles that are Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #23
Roger Stone was raised in Connecticut and has spent most of his life elsewhere. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #9
I don't know. I think the things I've seen here are strictly backwater Florida. Like the lawyers... Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #16
I saw that same behavior in the red area of the blue state where I grew up. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2019 #17
Since this county, until recently, was very Republican and very anti-regulation, Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #19
Roger Stone mainly lives in his opulent NYC apartment obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #10
Of course we hate them. They make Florida suck. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #18
Florida has been sold to the world as Paradise. lunatica Jan 2019 #24
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