Comments on: New Year, New Laws In Effect In Florida

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:54:59 +0000

re:Cindy, How would you enforce those rules on the poor and disabled who get public assistance? Btw, when you are wanting to take Liberties and Freedoms away from these folks, ultimately to enforce those controls the Liberties and Freedoms of everyone’s would need to be sacrificed to some degree. Which Liberties and Freedoms are you prepared to lose when we increase the size and scope of government to regulate the lives of the poor who have not committed a crime other than being poor, since you consider being poor to be a crime?
I don’t think you have considered all the different poor people in society that your disdain for would affect or the different reasons for the predicaments that lead to becoming poor that include physical, social and economic challenges. Also, if you do believe in Free Market Capitalism, you should be less in favor of any regulations on anyone IMO. I think Capitalism and Socialism need a balance as two sides of the same coin that is America. Where that balance lies is a real discussion to have but I don’t think that discussion has any place when it comes to restricting the Freedoms or Liberties of People because they are poor.

By: Bigblock 345

Bigblock 345 — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:44:32 +0000

Amen Cindy.

By: Nana of 16

Nana of 16 — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 19:50:21 +0000

@Cindy
GREATLY STATED.
I have worked since I was 15 years old, that’s some 43 years now …I wonder how much of my tax dollars go for those unnecessary items. I don’t smoke nor do I drink and I don’t buy lottery tickets very often but when I do it’s with my EXTRA money.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:22:32 +0000

It’s impossible to legislate common sense. There shouldn’t have to be a warning label stating “if you gamble, you may lose”……look up the word “gamble” in the dictionary. While I’m on this soapbox….here’s something that should be a law….if a person is on government assistance, it should be illegal for said person to buy lottery tickets or gamble in any establishment. In fact, it should also be illegal for that person to buy tobacco & adult beverages. When the person no longer receives government assistance, then that person can spend THEIR money however they wish. As a working taxpayer, paying for their assistance, I do not want to support their gambling, smoking and boozing habits. Check your priorities, people!

By: Robinhood

Robinhood — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 12:25:05 +0000

@ Big Bill 1961 …. “Scott vetoed the measure (HB 937) for imposing “burdensome regulations” on the games and retailers.”

Life is all about making right choices and no one twist their arms to gamble. Adults should not be told what to do with their money that they work hard for.

By: bigbill1961

bigbill1961 — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 09:32:05 +0000

“Scott vetoed the measure (HB 937) for imposing “burdensome regulations” on the games and retailers.”

Really? Rick Scott will never know what it’s like living paycheck to paycheck. I haven’t played the lottery in years, but I’ve seen what it does to families. The promise of that big payout is so tempting that people will spend money they shouldn’t. Money for bills, for food, for clothing, etc. The lottery’s biggest benefit was supposed to be supporting education in Florida, and we’ve all seen how well THAT’S worked out. But we have a slew of highly overpaid lottery officials, who now have our governor telling them “we won’t burden you with a regulation designed with the middle class and the working poor in mind.” What an absolute joke.