WATCHDOG WIRE - FLORIDA 10/22/2013

TOP STORIES ON WATCHDOG WIRE - FLORIDA: HAVE SENATORS MARCO RUBIO, BILL NELSON AND REP. VERN BUCHANAN TURNED FLORIDA INTO A PERMANENT STATE OF DEPENDENCY? Three key members of Congress from Florida are Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL District 16). These three men are perhaps the most powerful and influential in the sunshine state. Each has voted in different ways which may have turned Florida into a permanent state of dependency. Each is key to major events occurring in Washington, D.C. such as the national debt, the sequester, government spending and amnesty. Senator Rubio has become the face of immigration reform and amnesty. Senator Nelson has consistently voted in favor of amnesty and to grow and expand government. Representative Buchanan, along with 86 House Republicans, on October 16th voted to raise the debt ceiling, continue funding government via a continuing resolution and fully implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ... READ MORE . . .     FL REP. BUCHANAN VOTES TO FUND GOVERNMENT BY DEFUNDING AMERICA Floridians woke up on October 17th to learn the government shutdown had ended and the debt ceiling had been raised. One of the key votes cast to pass the US Senate Budget Agreement was from Rep. Vern Buchanan (R – FL District 16). Governor Rick Scott regarding Washington’s short-term solution on the nation’s debt ceiling and the government shutdown stated,”Washington’s failure to reach a long-term agreement on the debt ceiling confirms our nation’s leaders have their heads in the sand about our economic future. America’s unchecked debt, along with the increase in inflation that follows, will only put us deeper in the hole we have been trying to climb out of since the national economic downturn.” Buchanan is one of eighty-seven Republicans who voted to fund the government, raise the debt ceiling and allow the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to move forward ... READ MORE . . . INSTITUTE FOR TRUTH IN ACCOUNTING FINDS FLORIDA CAN’T PAY ITS BILLS! According to analysis by the Institute for Truth in Accounting (ITA), Florida does not have enough assets available ($59 billion), to pay the state’s bills, ($74 billion). The difference between assets and bills is $15 billion. That debt divided by the number of taxpayers reveals Florida’s per-taxpayer burden of $2,500 in 2012.  Only seven states–Alaska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, and Wyoming–achieved a per-taxpayer surplus in 2012. “Florida lagged behind the 180 day goal time between the close of its fiscal year and release of its 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), publishing the report 221 days after the fiscal year-end,” according to ITA ... READ MORE . . . “BENEFIT” CORPORATIONS: THE NEW GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX President Eisenhower warned America about a growing military-industrial complex stating, “This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” Whenever and wherever government and industry partner Americans face “the acquisition of unwarranted influence” ... READ MORE . . . FLORIDA 2ND GRADER TERRIFIED AFTER WATCHING BRAINPOP VIDEO ON GLOBAL WARMING WDW – FL received an email from a concerned parent. The email states, “My son attends a private school in Stuart, Florida. This school teaches Common Core Standards ‘Plus other things above common core standards’. My son is in 2nd grade. My son has been coming home worried sick about something that was reported in a classroom news format on TV at school for 2 days. It has been the first thing he has said for 2 days now when I pick him up after school. He was so worried he was bringing it up hourly. He kept on telling me throughout the evenings and I had been so busy I was not to been able to address his concern.” “A big flood is supposed to happen in 2030. I had never heard anything about it … so I went online to find out about it. It is attributed to rising sea levels, which of course must come from melting icebergs due to global warming aka climate change. When I finally addressed his concerns later, he said the program reporting was BrainPOP on the Smart TV they have there at school,” states the parent … READ MORE . . .