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In It to Win It

(12,957 posts)
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 02:50 PM 4 hrs ago

Florida's economy is rigged for the mega-rich and is pricing everyone else out. - More Perfect Union




Florida’s economy is rigged for the mega-rich and is pricing everyone else out.

We went to the private billionaire island where Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos escape taxes.

Working Floridians pay $13 of every $100 they earn in state taxes, while the richest pay under $3.
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Florida's economy is rigged for the mega-rich and is pricing everyone else out. - More Perfect Union (Original Post) In It to Win It 4 hrs ago OP
State Parks Maninacan 3 hrs ago #1
Eat the rich. BradBo 3 hrs ago #2

Maninacan

(386 posts)
1. State Parks
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 03:48 PM
3 hrs ago

I take trips in my small $10,000 campervan and stay at state parks. seems like they are increasingly set up for wealthier people with big luxury motor homes. There is only one type of site. I need no hook ups or water but pay probably triple what i should be. of course these are Millionares not Billionares.

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