Rubio Hates Government, Floridians, Believes Everything In the World Is A Tax

Marco Rubio is talking crazy talk again:

House Speaker Marco Rubio said the key to "making Florida as attractive as it once was" is to build a world class education system, reduce state and local government regulation and "bring state government back to its proper size."

One out of three ain't bad. Education is one of the keys to improving Florida. You can't, of course, do that if you cut revenue and cut government, since education is government paid for by taxes. Then he lets his tax cut tourette's get the best of him again:

regulatory compliance is a tax

The logic in that statement is like saying "imprisonment is a tax on felons." Seriously, if you play loose with logic and language, you can paint anything as a tax. That doesn't make it a good argument or a legitimate way to approach government and politics. This conservative approach to government and taxation is what has Florida and the U.S. in such bad economic and social position in the first place, we need to fight this kind of nonsense at all turns.

Rubio, Rivera Hate Florida, America, Laws

Naked Politics:

Huckabee backers House Speaker Marco Rubio and Rep. David Rivera spent the day in the Granite State, calling voters and in Rivera's case, receiving a chiding from a police officer.

"I came all the way from Florida to give you this orange," Rivera said, plunging into traffic at a Concord intersection near Huckabee's campaign headquarters. "I'm hoping you'll remember on Tuesday to vote for Gov. Huckabee."

The Concord police officer who cruised by was not amused and admonished Rivera to stick to the sidewalk, where a crush of Huckabee supporters waved signs.

It's bad enough to be campaigning for Huckabee, he who wants women to submit to their husbands and wants to "reclaim America for Crist," and to break the law to do it. But don't you think, maybe, that Florida has some problems of its own to deal with? Like a huge budget problem, a flailing economy, property tax inequalities, a failing education system, etc. You'd think that since these guys were elected to serve Florida that, maybe, they'd serve Florida? It'd be different if they were campaigning here, where they could pull double duty. But, no, pandering to the fundamentalist right from other states is more important than serving your constituents.

I wonder who is more focused on their post-Florida House career than on doing their job?

Rubio, Rivera Hate Religious Freedom, Tolerance, America

They both endorsed Mike Huckabee for president.