Seeking Rents
Seeking Rents – The Podcast
Why abortion bans, union busting, and tax breaks for billionaires go together
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Why abortion bans, union busting, and tax breaks for billionaires go together

A conversation about control with a top organizer who is part of the campaign to overturn a near-total ban on abortion in Florida.

In this episode: Roxey Nelson is an executive vice president with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare union in Florida and a board member for Floridians Protection Freedom. That’s the group sponsoring a constitutional amendment to overturn Florida’s near-total abortion ban. She joined the show to talk about Amendment 4, and the ties that bind policies like abortion bans, union busting, and tax breaks for billionaires.

Show notes

For more information about Amendment 4, or to find ways to get involved in the final two weeks of the campaign, check out Floridians Protecting Freedom.

Here are some of the stories we talked about on the show:

The think tank behind Project 2025 is also behind some of Florida's most extreme laws

A billionaire-backed think tank keeps sabotaging Florida workers. More attacks are coming.

The billionaires financing union-busting in Florida

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Seeking Rents
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.