Florida Legislature 2024: A good day in Tallahassee for tax-dodging corporations

Seeking Rents – The Podcast

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Florida Legislature 2024: A good day in Tallahassee for tax-dodging corporations

On Day 52 of the Florida Legislature's 2024 session, lawmakers rally to the defense of tax-dodging corporations, industrial polluters...and gas-powered leaf blowers.

Jason Garcia

Mar 01, 2024

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In this episode: Work slows in the Florida Legislature as everyone waits for the governor and House speaker to hash out a plan to kick kids off social media. But lawmakers are still making big decisions — including choosing to turn a blind eye to a bunch of global corporations using accounting shell games to skip out on Florida corporate taxes.

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Seeking Rents – The Podcast

"Rent-seeking" is a term in economics that describes when a corporation uses its political influence to twist tax laws and other public policy in its favor. Seeking Rents – The Podcast brings you the stories of how that's happening in Florida, where corporate interests like Florida Power & Light, Big Sugar, and Walt Disney World wield enormous influence everywhere from local city halls to the state Capitol. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jason Garcia, Florida's leading corporate-accountability reporter.

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