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OBJECTIVE OF REPORT

by Michael Hodges
- notice > updated March 2004 -

- a chapter of the Grandfather Economic Reports -

 

(a reading of the National series is advisable to better understand the implications of the Florida series)

What I found, at the national level and at the State of Florida level, made me concerned and ashamed of the potential legacy of my generation to that of our children and grandchildren.

THIS REPORT IS INTENDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE TO HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT SPENDING DOMINANCE AND EFFICIENCY ISSUES. IT IS HOPED A STATE OF EVEN MORE ECONOMIC VITALITY, WITH A MUCH LARGER SHARE OF THE ECONOMY DEVOTED TO THE FREE-MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR, MAY BE REALIZED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION - which includes the author's four, Florida-born grandchildren.

[Certain Florida data in this report is from the Division of Economic & Demographic Research, Joint Legislative Management Committee, The Florida Legislature, Tallahassee, Florida. Other data from Chief Analyst State Office of Planning & Budgeting, Tallahassee. Additional data is from the U.S. Census Bureau, Government Division and the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Commerce Dept. Several general conceptual approaches, and some data for certain nation-wide charts, have been provided by Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman]

The presentations, charts and text are by the author. Suggestions, corrections and updated data should be forwarded to the author to help make this report as accurate as possible, and to further assist open communication and distribution to others.

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