ESQUIRE: "Ron DeSantis is a man of no qualities"

[Honeyman]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ron-des ... 00443.html

[TC Talks]

Did you read that he has been relentlessly attacking Disney? He's certainly not pro business nor a libertarian. Pathetic and corrupt.

[Matt]

The left is TERRIFIED of DeSantis.

[TC Talks]

The left is TERRIFIED of DeSantis.

Not really, he's a douchebag

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The left is TERRIFIED of DeSantis.

Not at all. He’s a complete asshole though and he does things in the venal pursuit of his own political gain. He’s an evil man.

[audiophile]

The left is TERRIFIED of DeSantis.

Not at all. He’s a complete asshole though and he does things in the venal pursuit of his own political gain. He’s an evil man.

By that yardstick, Whitmer is 100x more evil than Desantis.

DeSantis at least allowed businesses and schools to be open when the risk was not unsurmountable.

Whitmer was having people arrested if they dared to criticize her. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/restaurant ... 19-orders/

[Matt]

The left is scared that DeSantis is going to lap captain dementia. Why else would there be hit pieces?

Oh, and then there is this:

Comparative governance is a useful course of study, not least because bad governance is so costly to people and prosperity. We often write about the migration from the Northeast to Florida and other states, but sometimes the contrast is best illuminated with some data.

Take a look at the nearby chart comparing some key indicators of governance in a pair of states that not long ago were about the same size—New York and Florida. As recently as 2013 the two states had similar populations, but so many people have moved to the Sunshine State that it’s now roughly 2.6 million people larger.

Yet, believe it or not, Florida’s state budget as measured in the latest proposals from the two governors, is only half the size of New York’s. This is in part a reflection of their tax burden, which in Florida is much smaller. If Florida politicians want to spend more, the state’s economy has to grow more. New York’s politicians can raise income taxes, as they do with great frequency.

Florida has no state income tax, while New York’s top tax rate is 10.9%. In New York City, the top rate is 14.8%, while in Miami it’s zero. Any guess why Ken Griffin moved his Citadel hedge fund to Miami instead of New York when he was looking for an alternative to Chicago? Florida has a 6% sales tax, higher than New York’s, but New York City’s combined state and city sales tax is 8.875%.

One of New York’s biggest budget busters is Medicaid, with 38.6% of the population on the rolls at the end of 2022. The state spent $26.47 billion on the joint state-federal program, or $73.27 billion with the federal contribution. Contrast that with Florida, where 25% of the population is on Medicaid and the cost is about two-thirds less than New York’s. We doubt the quality of medical outcomes is vastly different for Medicaid patients in the two states, despite the disparity in funding.

As for the state economies, Florida’s jobless rate was 2.5% in December, well below the January national 3.4% rate. New York’s rate was 4.3%, tied with Alaska and Michigan for fifth worst in the country after Nevada, Illinois, Oregon and Delaware. State GDP growth in Florida in 2012 dollars from 2016-2021 was more than double New York’s—17% to 8%.

These comparative statistics don’t tell the whole story about the quality of life in the two states, for better or worse. But they do show that better governance yields better fiscal and economic results. And those results in turn attract more people, which contributes to faster growth and more tax revenue without an income tax. We don’t expect the denizens of Albany to care, but they should.

New York vs. Florida, by the Numbers https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-v ... s-752ee7b6

[TC Talks]

Quality of life for ALL citizens in New York is much better than Florida. You're just another confused white boy cheering on a racist.

[Matt]

Quality of life for ALL citizens in New York is much better than Florida. You're just another confused white boy cheering on a racist.

Wrong as usual. The College Board took DeSantis' side in the bogus AP nonsense. Also, I guarantee you the quality of life in Miami is significantly better than the quality of life in Buffalo or Rochester. You're an idiot if you dispute that.

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Quality of life for ALL citizens in New York is much better than Florida. You're just another confused white boy cheering on a racist.

I may have to agree with what Matt just said. You'll have to back up this statement with a bit more facts and figures.

Quality of life in Florida is substandard to other states further north? I just don't see it.

[TC Talks]

Quality of life for ALL citizens in New York is much better than Florida. You're just another confused white boy cheering on a racist.

Wrong as usual. The College Board took DeSantis' side in the bogus AP nonsense. Also, I guarantee you the quality of life in Miami is significantly better than the quality of life in Buffalo or Rochester. You're an idiot if you dispute that.

Care to discuss his illegal handling of immigrants? He's cruel and a racist. You're an idiot if you dispute that.

[Deleted User 15924]

Care to discuss his illegal handling of immigrants? He's cruel and a racist. You're an idiot if you dispute that.

Wait a minute.
Are we talking about Desantis shipping immigrants out of the state?

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

The left is TERRIFIED of DeSantis.

True, he would decimate my trans brothers and sisters. People are so focused on Trump that they miss the smarter and more evil man in the background. Trump ‘24 for GOP nominee!

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Care to discuss his illegal handling of immigrants? He's cruel and a racist. You're an idiot if you dispute that.

Wait a minute.
Are we talking about Desantis shipping immigrants out of the state?

He flew Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard with money meant to transport illegals out of FLORIDA. He tried to make it count by having them stop in Florida for a few minutes at an airport and then the plane took off again. The cost was astronomical compared to buying them all commercial tickets and the contract went to a buddy of DeSantis on a no bid basis. To top it off someone in the states law enforcement enticed these people with promises of jobs and assistance once they got up to the Vineyard. So the whole thing is dirty as hell. And they weren’t even illegal immigrants.

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Quality of life for ALL citizens in New York is much better than Florida. You're just another confused white boy cheering on a racist.

Wrong as usual. The College Board took DeSantis' side in the bogus AP nonsense. Also, I guarantee you the quality of life in Miami is significantly better than the quality of life in Buffalo or Rochester. You're an idiot if you dispute that.

The college board was bullied into rescinding its course material. They didn’t “take his side” as if they agreed they were idiots and erred when making the course. Bad takes as usual.