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Tax and Spend

A recent post looked at the out of control spending of Cape Canaveral. Both parties are busy screaming about how the proposed elimination of homestead property taxes are going to cause police, fire, and schools to be shut down.

That’s a lie.

The problem isn’t police, fire, and schools, although I think we spend too much on those services. Cities and counties are busy spending money like a 16 year old who just found his dad’s credit cards. I want to give another example: Orlando.

In 2015, the city of Orlando has a population of 270,000 and a budget of $1.1 billion. That’s bad enough at $4,200 per resident, but let’s fast forward to 2025. In the year 2025, Orlando’s population had increased by 22% to 330,000, but the budget had increased by 63% to $1.8 billion, or $5,300 per resident.

The median household income in Orlando is $72,336. Median individual income is $43,312. The median property tax bill in Orlando is $3,413, or about 5% of annual household income. Too high.

This is the out of control spending that needs to be brought under control. For years, we have asked cities to control spending, but they have told us there is no room for cuts. Well, I am going to do my best to get this passed and force cities to make the cuts they should have made years ago.

The time of people who vote for a living stealing money from people who work for a living is going to come to an end in Florida if I have anything to say about it.

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By Divemedic, ago

Sucked In

In the ED where I work, I am one of only 18 nurses who work there. Two of those 18 nurses are PRN (I am one of them). Of those 18, two of them just got transferred to a different location, one just took a job in another department, and two quit. Doing the math, we just lost a quarter of our nursing staff. That tends to happen with nursing- it’s difficult to find good nurses, and competitors try to hire them away.

They are trying to hire more and have had a few interviews, but no one who has been offered the job has accepted. I’m guessing it’s because nursing pay in the area has climbed again and my employer is offering less than the candidates are being offered elsewhere. They will be forced to raise starting pay again, which is the only way to get a raise- about every two years, change jobs for more money.

At any rate, we still need to staff the place, and to do that, management has declared a critical need. When they do that, the bonuses come out. For the months of July and August, any shift you pick up in addition to your contract gets you a bonus: $33.33 per hour ($400 for a shift) on weekdays, $41.67 per hour ($500 for a shift) on weekends. Since I am PRN, I am only contracted to work one day per week, meaning that I get that bonus for every day that I work in a week beyond that first one. Even if I only work full time hours, I get $800-$1000 per week in bonuses.

The best part is that it is the slow season for emergency departments around the state, so our workload is low. High pay and low work? Of course I jumped on it. I am working a bunch this July, but I am going to make about $20,000 this month alone. When the August schedule gets done, I will try to do the same.

That just adds to the retirement fund. I will be busy, but still working less and making more than I would if I were full time.

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By Divemedic, ago

New York Insurrection

It’s time to declare New York City to be in a state of rebellion.

Trump should:

  • Demand the Governor of New York bring her wayward city under control
  • If she fails to do so, declare the entire state of New York to be in a state of rebellion
  • Declare all New York congressional seats to therefore be vacant
  • Declare martial law in the states under rebellion and suspend habias corpus.
  • Ask the other sanctuary states if they would like to continue on their path

It won’t be the first time a Republican President did so.

Either that, or once the 2026 election has been lost (as it likely will be) states like Florida should simply declare Federal law to not be enforceable within their borders. Machine guns and missiles for everyone.

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By Divemedic, ago

Rationalizing

First, there is the desired outcome.

Then, mental gymnastics.

Then the camps.

Elon Musk exposed the waste, fraud and abuse of USAID. It was cut.

Now the left says people are starving and dying as a result, making Musk- you guessed it- literally as bad as Hitler.

It’s the only insult they have. Still, make no mistake, they are coming for all of us. You have two and a half years to prepare.

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By Divemedic, ago

Not Buying It

The gaslighting is real. This guy, part of an Antifa terror cell and a wanna-be killer tranny Bradford “Meagan” Morris says, well, I will let you read it:

“The original intent was just to show solidarity with the detainees who hopefully lift their spirits with a fun fireworks display and go home,” she told KERA. “If the officer got shot by someone, that person was acting alone. But they want to punish all of us.”

A fun fireworks display? That’s what you are calling that? They had a planning meeting. Conducted recon. Did a weapons check over the radio. Then tossed fireworks into the detention center to lure the ICE agents out. Then they shot a cop, and would have shot more, but Antifa tranny fags can’t shoot for shit.

I remember 2020. You assholes were tossing fireworks as makeshift anti-personnel rounds. That’s called constructive possession and throwing of a destructive device. We haven’t forgotten that, and I don’t believe for a second you were doing this as a crowd pleasing display. Fuck you- rot in there. The only better outcome would have been if the cops had smoked your shit.

I call it like I see it, and that’s how I am calling this one.

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By Divemedic, ago

Good Shoot

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By Divemedic, ago

Aww, who’s a Sad Clown?

Some little Antifa twerp is angry because his pals got some serious time for ambushing ICE agents, shooting one of them in the neck. It was a coordinated ambush. The eight convicts got a combined 470 years in prison.

Too bad.

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By Divemedic, ago