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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:48 AM Original message |
Florida's coming recession to be worse than the rest of the nation...UF economist says. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. I can only hope |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. My dad's house has now lost a third of what I sold it for |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well of course. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wanna guess what an Ohio State economist would say? |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Don't forget Michigan, former home of an auto industry. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. We've been doing bad for so long |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm checking out a foreclosure map of my old Cape Coral neighborhood (1981 - 1982) |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Interesting map....if that foreclosure rate legend is true in color...this is scary |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. In the '60s, I worked for Gulf American Land Corp, in Miami, |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. For all practical purposes Florida doesn’t have a government |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Remember Jeb's inaugural promise? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. The flow of union pensioners from the Midwest and NE is about to dry up |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. That's probably very true. Can't afford to retire here now... |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. but, we just got the Powerball, Imagine how that will turn things around |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. Florida has always been worst-in but one of the first out |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It's been down over 3% this last quarter. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. Insurance expensive everywhere... IF you can get it. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. I know so many people who have bailed or are bailing in Florida |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ummmmm...I'd like to invite this guy to Michigan. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I would imagine you are right. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Depression, here in Michigan if the car companies go under. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why would itbe worse than say California or Arizona? We are all screwed. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Maybe FL is trying to sound the worst since they are all waiting for handouts. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The article has it right |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. One of the causes of the great depression |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. They create their own friggin problems. |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. Republicans don't accept blame, they'll hide until they cam blame it all on the Democratic incoming |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. ECONOMY GOING DOWN FASTER THAN A BEAUTY QUEENS DAUGHTER AFTER A HOCKEY GAME ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You know you're goin' ta Hell for that one, don'tcha? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. She would be called a Puck Bunny. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. I wonder how all this news about FLA fits into the Boomers who are going to retire? |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Boomers retire? That program was cancelled. It's work 'til you die now. |
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tonycinla (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. A suggestion for Alex |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. Jeb-Boy eliminated the intangibles tax for the wealthy. |
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Mid_FL_voter (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. FLA's economy has been a mess for a good while |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Republicans? financial crisis? Jeb Bush? ...yep that figures. |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
34. Do Floridians pay State Income Tax? |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No, we still do not. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. The reason FL doesn't have an income tax is because so many |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
37. Yet Gov. Carrot Cake's top priority seems to be overturning the recent |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
38. I thought lower corporate tax rates were supposed to create jobs? |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
39. The first thing I notice every time I go back to FLA is the cops. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
40. Wow, that's sad. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It does? |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
41. Wow, that's sad. |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. According to the first article |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. County and city commissions are filled with real estate developers... |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. you are right madfloridian |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. I would hope Obama would try to equalise the impact throughout the |
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