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In an episode of "The Good Place" I just watched today, there was a joke about Florida: "possession of a non-fried vegetable is a felony in Jacksonville". Now
by xpl 3y ago
In an episode of "The Good Place" I just watched today, there was a joke about Florida: "possession of a non-fried vegetable is a felony in Jacksonville".
Now I feel like it's me who's living in a crazy TV show.
- ineedaj0b 3y agoFlorida is a lovely place. People are fiercely independent in strange ways. Let California be California and Florida be Florida. Let each state be an experiment, we’ll see who wins
- gaadd33 3y agoCan we remove entirely or allocate an equal amount of subsidies to each state in order to compare each experiment on equal grounds? (looking at Alabama and similar states that get more federal funding than they contribute)
- tb_technical 3y agoThe end result of this is that you're taking funding from programs that support the poor in Alabama.
- gaadd33 3y agoIn the GP's comment, it's all a grand experiment...maybe they should move to better states? </sarcasm> At the same time, it's not like all the funding is actually going towards those who need it: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/us/brett-favre-welfare-mississippi.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/us/brett-favre-welfare-mi...
- tb_technical 3y ago"Why don't the poor just get better jobs?" Same energy
- glimshe 3y agoLet's do it. The imbalances you refer to are largely a result of policies advanced by states such as California: sharp progressive taxation and government programs.
- kcplate 3y agoWhy? Pretty sure it is a normal thing for politicians to pass laws that protect industries within their localities. Beef production is a billion dollar a year industry in Florida. Would people be up in arms if Gavin Newsome and the California legislature passed laws regulating lab grown avocados?