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Old 12-23-2008, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Fourpar View Post
As far as an Income Tax goes, Florida's constitution prohibits same as I understand it, and to change that would take a general election. So the chances of Florida having an income tax in the near future are indeed slim.
Perhaps there won't be a state income tax in Florida but what's to stop the sales tax from going to 25% or more... The government will get the money they need somehow, someway. There just aren't free rides available, money to operate the budgets of states comes from the constituents.