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Americans for Prosperity doesn’t let much slip past the sight when it comes to the Affordable Care Act, and considering the abundance of snags that the program has hit already, finding material to hold against it is no great feat.  Recent headlines on the delay of ObamaCare’s employer mandate are being kept fresh by AFP in a series of online ads around the country in which House member votes are highlighted with the message that a delay is unworkable and…

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A new USA TODAY/Bipartisan Policy Center Poll found that Americans are turning to volunteerism and charities as the best way to make positive changes in society, rather than being active in politics.  Those younger than 30 are especially turned off by politics and are significantly less likely than their parents to feel that political action is an important value in their lives. According to the poll, while the worlds of civic life and public life used to be the same,…

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Americans give high marks to the health care they now receive but are more pessimistic than ever about the future of care, according to a Rasmussen poll released today. The telephone survey of likely US voters found that 61 percent think the health care system will get worse over the next two years, while only 24 percent believe it will get better. Pessimism has certainly increased over the past few months in that respect, and dramatically so over the past…

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With debate hot on e-fairness and federal proposals to close the online sales tax loophole, Florida economists Art Laffer and Donna Arduin have some data to offer in support of the measure which they found has the potential to lower overall tax rates and jumpstart economic growth. The study, which was announced Friday by Florida TaxWatch, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Associated Industries of Florida and the Florida Retail Federation, found that passage of legislation like the Marketplace Fairness…

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In 2006, Charlie Crist’s gubernatorial campaign calculated how many votes were missed in Congress by Democratic opponent Jim Davis and portrayed his record of absence with an empty chair. Apparently, it was an empty chair that knows how to swivel full circle. Two years later when Crist was courting John McCain to be the vice presidential nominee, the Florida Democratic Party slammed Crist for his “blatant absence during the state’s most dire economic times.” The Democrats launched a website, www.emptychaircharlie.com,…

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The Florida Democratic Party is mad at the Republican Party of Florida. Oh, wait, there’s more to that story? They’re mad because the RPOF published a web video using footage of public school teachers who were interviewed saying really nice things about Gov. Rick Scott. According to a press release from State Rep. Karen Castor Dentel, footage of the teachers was misused by the RPOF who turned the interviewed teachers into political pawns or props for the governor’s reelection campaign.…

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Every year between now and 2020, Florida is expected to increase in size by a population equal to that of Orlando — and at this rate will soon pass New York to become the third largest state in the nation. Most of Florida’s new residents will be baby boomers and recent retirees.  By 2030, one quarter of Floridians will be older than 65, up from one in six today. To Florida’s Office of Demographic and Economic Research (EDR), this shifting…

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