Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (28) |
Author: Banksy ✸✺🐝 HONORARY
SHREWD
  😊 😞

Number: of 86253 
Subject: Re: You can't ever appease the lefty mob
Date: 06/30/26 10:53 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 17
And yet, in Florida, they keep saving money and lowering taxes because they manage their finances well. ~Dope, Tier 1 MAGA Cult Member

Meanwhile in the real world...
"Floridians are hurtling towards economic disaster"...

"Florida home insurance remains the most expensive in the nation. Standard single-family homes cost between $7,000 and $19,000 annually to insure."

"1 in 5 Florida homeowners now carry absolutely no property insurance because they have been priced out."

"Trump's tariffs have hit Florida particularly hard, inflating the costs of crucial imported building materials (lumber, concrete, drywall) and driving up average grocery bills by 10% to 15%."

"Forbes and Yahoo Finance reported recently that Florida is the second most distressed state in the union in terms of its residents’ debt obligations."

"In human terms, this financial distress looks like a sharp increase in bankruptcy filings; residents with accounts in forbearance or deferred payments;
America’s lowest average credit scores; and higher prices for groceries, rent, mortgages, gasoline, and health care."

"High living costs have begun to reverse the state's historic population boom, with Florida experiencing a net out-migration of prime working-age individuals."

"Florida’s unemployment rate has steadily ticked upward, recently hitting 4.8%, which tracks higher than the national average."

"Florida’s Population Boom Fizzles as High Costs Drive Away Middle Class."

"Because real estate transactions have cooled, state documentary stamp tax revenue collections have slowed down drastically"

Still no one wants to talk about Trump breaking the law and refusing to release the Epstein Files? Too bad.

floridaphoenix.com - Floridians are hurtling towards economic disaster

kandcgroup.realestate - Florida homeowners insurance crisis over million homes uninsured what buyers need to know in

floridapolitics.com - Florida taxwatch projects slower economic growth in next decade
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to Banksy here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 86,214 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (28) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community