Thanks to globalism, dog-eat-dog economics has resulted inoffshoring, outsourcing, the destruction of unions, and the gutting ofthe US economy. We advocate economic nationalism, which places theeconomy at the service of the nation; we believe that the welfare ofour people should supersede all other things, including the ability ofmultinational corporations to exploit or ignore our people forunbridled profits. — European Americans United, Article: Economy
There are many things public officials probably shouldn’t do duringa severe recession, but no one seems to have told the leaders in Floridamayor of Miami-Dade County recently did. Or jacking up already exorbitant hurricane-insurance premiums, as Florida’s government-run property insurer just did. Or sending an army of highly paid lobbyists to push for a steep hike in electricity rates, as South Florida’s public utility is doing. about them. One thing, for instance, would be giving a dozen top aideshefty raises while urging a rise in property taxes, as the
And you wonder why the Sunshine State is experiencing its first net emigration of people since World War II. (See pictures: “Florida’s Paradise Lost.”)
A few years ago, journalists – citing the chasm between Miami’s high cost of livingand its low level of income – began predicting that South Florida andits perpetual population-growth machine would soon face theunthinkable: a falling head count. Now it’s official. The region -Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties- lost 27,400 residents between 2008 and 2009, while Florida as a wholelost 58,000. That’s not exactly a mass exodus for a state of 18million; but it’s the first net outflow in 63 years for a state thatconsiders itself the new California. “It’s difficult for the workingmiddle class to justify living here,” Mike Jones, president of the Palm Beach County Economic Council, conceded to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “As much as they may love the sunshine, as you squeeze them out, they may find it in their best interests to move.”