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Matt Walsh
March 1, 2013

The Economics of Blackmail

For all those Tea Partyers chafing over Gov. Rick Scott's switcheroo to accept Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid spending in the state, sometimes you just have to take ipecac.

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Matt Walsh
February 15, 2013

Businesses don't pay taxes; consumers do

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

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Matt Walsh
February 1, 2013

$2,500 won't do it; abolish the system

The cynical view is this: Florida Gov. Rick Scott has turned out to be just like the others — another narcissistic politician who lusts for power and will do whatever it takes to buy votes with government payoffs.

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Business Observer Staff
February 1, 2013

Revenue is only half the equation

Your assessment of America's challenges in the next few years are spot on.

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David W.
January 25, 2013

Broken: The merit retention system

What began as an attempt to protect the state's court system from corrupt judges has led to politicized fights over retention and defacto lifetime appointments for judges.

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Matt Walsh
January 18, 2013

It's not the name that counts; it's the content

GCBR is now the Business Observer.

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Business Observer Staff
January 11, 2013

Regulations take the fun out of business

I just finished reading your Review & Comment in the Gulf Coast Business Review.

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Business Observer Staff
January 11, 2013

Editorial got it right

I believe all we can do is pray for our nation.

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Matt Walsh
January 4, 2013

The word for America in 2013: Freedom

The word for 2013 is “freedom.” Economic freedom. Personal freedom. Freedom. We have a tradition. Each year on New Year's Eve, we announce at a family gathering our word for the year — the one word that describes how we are going to focus our lives during the New Year.

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George Rauch
December 21, 2012

Curb your appetite for high returns

Returns from the stock and bond markets aren't what they used to be.

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Business Observer Staff
December 14, 2012

Why we should go over the Fiscal Cliff

"Until we experience the cliff, we will not understand what it really means."

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Frank Knautz
December 14, 2012

Is there a future for community banks?

After the recession caused multiple community bank failures, local banks face continued challenges as they try to rebound.

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Business Observer Staff
November 2, 2012

Probe of Citizens should be widened

Total transparency appears to be missing at Citizens Property Insurance. The governor should investigate Citizens' closing of its Office of Corporate Integrity.

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Business Observer Staff
September 24, 2012

Double Barrel: The Debt Bomb and Bernanke

No one knows exactly when, but every day Congress and the president don't CUT spending meaningfully.

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Business Observer Staff
August 31, 2012

Tampa Prep isn't the only STEM-smart program

Many similar techniques and technologies are already transforming the way students learn science and math in Sarasota and Charlotte counties' public schools.

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The Economics of Blackmail

Businesses don't pay taxes; consumers do

$2,500 won't do it; abolish the system

Revenue is only half the equation

Broken: The merit retention system

It's not the name that counts; it's the content

Regulations take the fun out of business

Editorial got it right

The word for America in 2013: Freedom

Curb your appetite for high returns

Why we should go over the Fiscal Cliff

Is there a future for community banks?

Probe of Citizens should be widened

Double Barrel: The Debt Bomb and Bernanke

Tampa Prep isn't the only STEM-smart program

After Sarasota restaurant fire, more than $100K in donations raised

Report: Sarasota among top cities for office investing in 2026

Miami bank opens new regional headquarters in Tampa

Lakeland industrial properties sell for $67 million

51-year-old Sarasota apartment building has sold

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