If you live in New York, you might as well vote Communist. Here in Florida, we have a REAL Republican party.
Hey Lab, how do you like those high taxes and fascistic gun laws?
Thanks for the reminders. Unfortunately, I just had lunch.
BTW, I never have been a Pataki fan, either now or when he first ran for governor. But his election supports the point that I was trying to make: If the Conservative Party in New York had been able to hijack the Republican Party as it tries to do on a national level, then Pataki never would have received the Republican nomination and Mario Cuhomo would probably still be governor.
Taxes? Because of Pataki, I'm only paying 8.75% state income tax, 7.25% sales tax, and a real property tax that now approaches $7000 a year. (I think I'm going to lose my lunch again.)
Despite whay you might think, the gun laws here are not all that restrictive once you move away from New York City. A handgun carry permit is still difficult to obtain, but by no means impossible under the appropriate circumstances.