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[quote="Sgt>Stackem":a4889]So you would rather pay property taxes than have all those damn tourists pay that inflated sales tax Florida has to make up for it. Face it butters the tourists keep your ecomony alive, if it wasnt for them you might earn less money. dont bite the hand that feeds you[/quote:a4889]

The snowbirds are notoriously cheap and we could do without them. The part that really bohters me is that they dont really contribute that much to the tax base, yet they are full of suggestions on how we can be more like they were at home.

2 of my favorite bumper stickers seen recently:

You love new york?? Take I-95 north.

We dont give a shit how you used to do it up north.

And us floridians pay plenty of taxes. No state income tax, but everything else is bled dry - gas, sales tax (7%), booze, cigs, motels, etc. - plus lots of local taxes - property, addtional sales tax, fees and assessments, communications, etc.

If all americans traveling out of the country act the same way these northerns act while they are in florida, its no wonder the rest fo the world hates us.