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The Politics of Natural Disasters in the USA – Texas is #1 in More Ways Than One

Considering the three largest states in the USA, California, Texas, and Florida, it is California that has the least number of disasters with the lowest cost burden, by far, of the three. Texas, of course, is the number one disaster state. Yet, when the state of California faces a disaster, Republican politicians, especially those from …

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Florida, It’s Not a Tech Scene, It’s a Crime Scene

Florida has an economy built on rebuilding from hurricances and floods, fraud of all kinds, retirees, and tourism. Led by a corrupt governor, it’s a deregulated mess and falling down, fast. Conservative media that ballyhooed Miami as “Silicon Valley South” is media hype as the one and only large VC firm with offices in Miami …

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