Fundamentally, a state's economy, cultural makeup, quality of life and many other things is determined not by the presence or absence of a state income tax, or the presence or absence of property taxes, but by the amount of population and local zoning. Changing zoning from agricultural / industrial to residential (PDP) pre-empts the free market economy and locks down the land. Among other things, this in turn takes away from the freedom and opportunity for original, creative talent or quality employment, and takes away from the ability of America and its citizens to meet unexpected challenges or emergencies related to agriculture and food.
At the same time, it takes away from the beauty and solace of creation, from needed oxygen as well as protection from the sun, and the reminder of realities greater than simply our own existence. It dislocates animals, and creates chaos and dysfunction in the ecosystem. It takes away from the reasons many people have for living where they do, which is a killer of the human spirit. It creates a crowded, hostile and disjointed culture and takes away from both the ability of those who presently own private property to keep it, and from the ability of others to own private property in the future. Thus the wrong county commissioners and the disregard for zoning and local and state regulation serves virtually all of communism's main objectives, and reflects their foolish disregard for both human life, and the reality that there are many things equally and more important than housing, real estate and revenue. Simply eliminating property taxes to compensate for high property taxes does not address the source of the problem, nor does it solve the entire constellation of problems that come from rezoning and gentrification. It also does not take into account the possible reactions of county commissioners and other politicians and their possible 'counter measures'. Byron Donalds for example, candidate for governor of Florida, wants to impose a 6-12% universal sales tax in place of property taxes as a 'counter balance', should property taxes be eliminated. The continued failure of both elected 'leaders' and other peddlers of the tax proposal to acknowledge the source of the problem and the total reality of living, rather than just one painful symptom, makes their continuous swirling around the property tax reality itself seem juvenile.
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Byron Donalds will not debate. His positions or lack thereof are not in keeping with the true priorities of the citizens of Florida. He is dependent on national endorsements from figures who for the most part do not even live in the state. He is dependent on visits to the 55+ retirement communities, which are largely made up of people who have no background in Florida and have little to no knowledge or appreciation of its culture and workings, and on his appearances on television interviews concerning broad, national issues. It appears that the Florida GOP has attempted to "select" him singlehandedly for governor by changing the rules in ways that disqualify all of the other candidates from the debate stage. It seems likely that they are doing this because they know that Byron Donalds is in fact a very weak candidate and a figure for the establishment machine, and they are attempting to hide him from having to face the exposure and scrutiny of the other candidates while shuttling him ...
The following are two important, informative postings from two contributors to TownHall.
They are in regard to
1. the Senate parliamentarian, and her degree of authority in the Senate as to what can or cannot get passed;
2. John Thune, his deferment to the parliamentarian, and what he can or cannot do as Senate majority leader apart from her consent:
"The parliamentarian rulings are advisory and the Rs have the option to ignore them if they wish. Will cause a political fire storm but the rulings are advisory and do not have to be conformed to, it is only custom that leads to following them. Also the VP when acting as the president of the Senate can introduce a change to any ruling by the Parl. and a simple majority of the Senate can pass that, also Thune can do the same."
"Something worth asking - why does such a powerful position exist in the Senate? A parliamentarian is not established by the US Constitution and the Senate is not bound to anything the parliamentarian says or does....
