Businesses don't pay taxes; consumers do

Business tax cuts and corporate-recruiting incentives will be prominent policy issues for the Legislature this year.

For one, the mainstream media's reporters will make them so; they hate both with a passion.

Lawmakers are also targeting these topics. Democrat legislators already are positioning themselves as potential obstructionists to Gov. Rick Scott's priority to eliminate Florida's sales tax on machinery and equipment. It's valued as a $140 million tax cut.