One article from America Blog caught my eye today because it had Orlando, my hometown, in its title. The article was titled: Bankruptcies nearly doubled in Orlando area. America Blog then goes on to say that "the economy of Florida is clearly tanking" and that it is all the republicans fault. The author of this article is not even from Florida and I doubt he knows much or cares about the economic situation there. As he states is his article, the only reason he is writing is because he saw a newspaper headline in the Orlando airport that reported the bankruptcies increasing 96%.
This article really just makes me upset. Someone who really is rather ignorant about a topic uses it just to bash President Bush and the Republicans. He could care less about what is going on in Florida. His whole article is based off of one statistic, that bankruptcies increased 96% in Orlando. He uses this one fact to go on a rant about how George and Jeb Bush are destroying the economy. The article states that around 7,000 individuals declared bankruptcy over the last year. This number may seem large when taken out of context, but when you consider that the population of the greater Orlando area is around 1,700,000 the number becomes quite small.
Had the author of this article taken the time to look at the recent economic history Florida he would have seen that actually it has been doing quite well. Of course he would never want to admit that the Republicans could ever do anything right. It is true that the economy in Florida is currently down, but that is because for the last few years the housing market has been doing so well, and now it is just leveling off. I don't think Floridians have to fear that "the economy is tanking."
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Your recent post poses a very interesting problem...ignorance! I think that is where most of our problems in this world actually stem from. Obviously, your statement about Florida proved that!
I believe you bring up a very good point. It is frustrating and quite annoying when people make large assumptions and accusations when they are ignorant on certain issues. I don't think residents of Florida have to fear, many economies are struggling all over the U.S!
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