Has Jeb Bush signed the bill passed by the Florida legislature repealing the Florida Intangible tax?
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Jeb has signed the bill.  The state's intangibles tax on stocks and investments, worth about $131-million annually, has been eliminated starting in 2006-07; the budget includes money to provide merit pay for teachers; and it sets aside $735-million for environmental lands and Everglades restoration and $390-million for Bush's economic development initiatives.\n\nHope this helps!
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False, but VERY close...\n\nThe real Bush legacy:  "Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what you and your country can do for me and my rich buddies."
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I believe it was outlawed in the 24th amendment to the United States Constitution.\n\nCheck here: \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_taxes\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Florida - it does have a nontangibles tax though
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ABSOLUTELY NOT!!\n\nHere is what happened ... what liberals refuse to see the truth in.\n\nIn November 2000, Al Gore was PROJECTED to win Florida by media outlets using their projection formulas. Only problem was was that they were wrong. George Bush was declared the official winner by a narrow margin - about a 1,000 votes. Due to the closeness of the election, Florida law required a recount. The recount showed Bush won by only 537 votes.\n\nAl Gore disputed the results and asked that four counties be recounted as allowed by law. However, it soon became clear that the recount could not be completed and certified by 5.00 pm on November 14th as required by law. The heavily Democratic counties of Volusia and Palm Beach sued to have the deadline extended. The Bush campaigned countersued claiming it was unfair to change the rules in the middle of the process.\n\nEventually, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of the counties and extended the deadline. The Bush campaign appealed to the US Supreme Court which sent the case back to the Florida Supreme Court for clarification. The Florida Supreme Court again ordered the recount. Bush filed an emergency stay of the recount with the US Supreme Court - which the court upheld.\n\nAt this time (12 December 2000), the Florida House of Representatives voted to certify the original results of the election and voted along party lines. After the certification of the election, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the recount should continue. Later that same day, the US Supreme Court in Bush vs. Gore, voted 5-4 to end the count in accordance with Florida law. They cited different counting standards and no one central authority figure in charge as the reasons for the ruling.\n\nBush vs. Gore effectively ended the recount, and Bush was certified the winner.\n\nNOW, you tell me if George Bush cheated. He followed procedures allowed by law - as did Al Gore. He used the courts to try to get a favorable outcome - as did Al Gore. Al Gore - had the situations been reversed - would have done the exact same thing George Bush did.\n\nWas it a clean win? Absolutely not. Was it legal? Absolutely.\n\nInterestingly enough, the USA Today, the Miami Herald, Knight Ridder and the Tampa Tribune conducted a recount after all was said and done. Under every possible scenario using the conditions that the Gore campaign requested, George W. Bush STILL won the election in Florida.\n\nInteresting facts:\n\n* Some Democrats blamed Ralph Nader for the loss. Had Ralph Nader not run, Gore would have won both New Hampshire AND Florida. Either state would have given him the victory.\n* Had Al Gore won his own home state of Tennessee, he would have won the election.\n* More than 8,000,000 Democrats nationwide voted for George Bush.\n\nThe Democrats have not forgotten the election of 2000, and all of the anti-Bush rhetoric playing today is a direct result of the loss. The election of 2000 is tearing the party apart.\n\nMany liberals claim that "Bush is not my President." As a conservative, this is the most ridiculous comment I have ever heard. It doesn't matter who you voted for or who you think should have won, Bush is still the President for ANY American citizen. Fortunately, only a small percentage of close-minded inviduals think like this, and most of the country thinks they are ridiculous.\n\nEDIT: You libs quote websites like http://www.smirkingchimp.com and http://www.moveon.org and http://michaelmoore.com as credible resources for the news??? Websites that obviously have an agenda? Fortunate that most Americans there, too, see through that garbage.\n\nTo the two of you who said you will never vote again. While I think EVERY American should vote, I am glad to see that two liberals who do not think very clearly have taken themselves out of the election cycle. Nothing like giving up and helping your vowed enemy win again, huh? Hope that make you feel great, 'cause it does me!!  :-)
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The Governor Of Florida Is Jeb Bush\nThe Mayor Of Tampa Is Pam Iorio
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"My fellow Americans, Tomorrow thousands of Government Bureaucrats will receive pink slips as I am eliminating the department of housing and urban development and the department of education.  In one swoop of a pen I will save the government millions and improve education in America.  Later today I will sign the Fair Tax bill into law, eliminating the income tax and all other pay role taxes and the Internal Revenue Service enacting a Federal sales tax to be enforced by the states.  This act will eliminate vast amounts of government waste and bring power back to the citizens of the country.  \n\nI look forward to bringing you a government that will bring you more liberty and take less from you, giving you more responsibility and freedom to live as you choose, a government of the people and for the people.  I believe as Thomas Jefferson did that 'he who governs least, governs best'"
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because basically in florida jeb bush (bushs younger brother) is the governor. you would think that the state of florida would have bush's back but they dont. so basically when they start counting they see that the voted were going for the other person and jeb bush wouldnt have it and basically made them recount. like gore got tired of it so he just ended it when he should have really won. florida is just a messed up state with messes up officials and i am glad i left!
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While it's not clear whether Americans would be willing to put another Bush in the White House, the late-night comedians are salivating over the prospect:\n\n"Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he wants to be president. Well that's good, somebody will have to pardon his brother." —David Letterman\n\n"Rumor is that President Bush's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, may run for president. Rumor is? According to Florida voting machines, he's already won." —Jay Leno
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"Jeb"(stands for John Ellis Bush), the president's brother, is Governor of Florida.  I've lived there, and frankly, he was a pretty good governor, and is quite popular in the state with all varieties of people. I think he would have made a much better president than the current Bush.  He is far more intelligent, and seems to have more consistent principles. He's never had a drinking problem, and appears to be a very stable man. If he were president, I don't think we'd be in Iraq today, I think we'd have made much more progress in Afghanistan, and I think our economy would be much healthier. Plus, the immigration issue would never have become the firestorm it is today, because it would have been dealt with intelligently years ago.  He speaks Spanish fluently, having spent time as an exchange student in Mexico, where he met is future wife, who is Mexican.  He has a far better understanding of the world.  \n\nIt certainly is POSSIBLE that he could run, but I think it would be highly unlikely.  First, he recognizes that the Bush name carries a lot of negative weight at this point in history. Secondly, his family has had some problems in the last few years, and I think he'd rather put those issues firmly in the past before he considers higher office.  (For those who don't know, his daughter Noelle has struggled with a drug problem, and his wife Columba was caught trying to sneak past customs without reporting items she purchased while visiting Paris - she was fined over $4000).  I think Jeb is looking forward to a few years out of the public eye so that he can spend time with the family and ensure that these types of things are not ongoing problems, before he would consider running for anything again.\n\nIt is possible that he might consider running for president sometime in the future, perhaps 5 or 10 years from now.  But the far more likely scenario is that Jeb's son, George P. Bush, might be considered for political office 20 or more years from now.  He made quite a stir when he spoke at the 2004 Republican Convention.\n\nWhile I can certainly understand why people would be opposed to having another Bush in power at this time, I'd suggest that these two brothers are very different people.  I agree that it is time for a change.  But Jeb is not the same person as George W., and seems to hold very different values.  I don't think he will run.  I don't think he would win if he DID run.  But even if he did, I don't think we would see the same approach to the world that his brother has taken.  It would be a very different world.
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So unbelieveable because it didn't exist... Clintons taxes took more of my income than Bush's... \n\nEconomic prosperity under Clinton? \nBULLSHIT!\n\nClinton took away many of our rights, including many 2nd Amendment related, he is one of the worst Presidents ever...
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It already passed the House in December. There is no way to know when the Senate will vote on it. It is currently in the Judiciary committee, and it could take months to get through there or never be moved on to the whole house.
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That Bush won...just kidding. I don't think they fought hard enough to have the recounting of the votes in Florida done fairly. After all Bush's brother is Governor of the state.
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From the source below, "On May 28, 2003, President Bush signed the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (JGTRRA). As part of the JGTRRA, the tax rate on long-term capital gains was reduced from 20% to 15%."
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YES. Bush became president. If he can do it, anyone can.
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The FL legislature starts here.\nhttp://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm
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No, it didn't even make it for a vote in the Senate. The House is supposedly going to try and pass it eventually, but without even a majoirty in the Senate there's no way it will ever pass. Even if it did, 3/4 of the states don't want it to pass.