"Floridians have themselves to blame, in many ways, for not demanding a more sensible tax structure. In some ways, the great crisis now is how do you recreate a Florida dream? I mean, Florida was founded upon the idea of a dream. It's a combination of the American dream at the larger level and the Florida dream, that you can come to Florida, you'll have a better life, at least better Februarys. In retirement, you can have dignity in old age. And Florida was cheap. Florida is no longer cheap. We have lots of environmental, economic problems. And I think one of the great challenges -- I think it could be a creative one -- is how do we refashion a new dream? What will the new Florida dream be like? And I think America, in general, is also facing many of those challenges."
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Read the transcript, listen to, or watch the entire interview on democracynow.org.
http://i2.democracynow.org/2009/4/6/a_ponz...e_univ_of_south
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Thanks to Mark Pudlow for the clip and the lead.