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Suncoast Estates, Florida (FL 33917) profile: population, maps, real . . . Tornado activity: Suncoast Estates-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Florida state average It is 18% smaller than the overall U S average On 1988-11-04, a category F2 (max wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 5 9 miles away from the Suncoast Estates place center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages
States taxing the rich plan backfires (average, economy, capital . . . But it is not the job of the state to build housing (If it were, housing would be 100x more scarce and 100x more expensive ) Imagine a political process where the public could vote to stop the paychecks and void the pensions of 100% of local government employees until they approve the housing projects on the drawing board All of a sudden, I think government employees would show up and work
A new parcel shipping company appears: Amazon. Fedex and UPS are in . . . Originally Posted by Mr Zero A little off-topic, but trucking and logistics are other areas I could see Amazon taking on in the future As with their computing and payments platforms, first they could build it out to lower their own costs, then turn it into a platform that they could then offer to other companies
America Loses Its Will to Work. . we’ve stopped appreciating the value . . . It's the rule in many corn-fed small Republican towns and states; couch potatoes sitting in front of the TV all day with their kids, munching on snacks paid for with food stamps, eating their way to diabetes See? Two can play the stereotype game Your "welfare queens" image borrowed from Reagan needs updating
America Loses Its Will to Work. . we’ve stopped appreciating the value . . . My will to work comes from the fact that I was born very poor, like literally born in a bamboo hut in a 3rd world jungle My parents worked hard in their home country, but when you're not making dollars and the daily average is equivalent to $2 a day it's hard to knock life When we LEGALLY immigrated to the USA in 1989, I saw my parents with extremely hard at their jobs They worked overtime
what percentage of jobs today (2026) still have pensions for retirement . . . The privately owned telecom company where I worked the last 19 years of my career pays me a monthly pension of $2900 with no COL increase That plus my social security benefits are way more than I need to live comfortably, without even touching my IRA funds I doubt if any private corporate employers are offering traditional defined pensions to new-hire employees There are many good