Eviction Notice: Rush Limbaugh Will Leave if Florida Raises Taxes

Whattaya say, Broward Dems? Are you willing to pay higher taxes purely for the sake of watching the portly pontificator pack his bags and move to Texas? Am I hearing a yes? Thought so.A recent St. Pete Times article cited a portion of Rush Limbaugh's radio show in which he...

By Thomas Francis

October 20, 2009

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Whattaya say, Broward Dems? Are you willing to pay higher taxes purely for the sake of watching the portly pontificator pack his bags and move to Texas? Am I hearing a yes? Thought so.

A recent St. Pete Times article cited a portion of Rush Limbaugh's radio show in which he declared that the high taxes in New York were the reason he stayed close to his Palm Beach home, but that he might leave if the Florida taxman gets too demanding.

To quote a third-grader I once knew: "Is that a promise or a threat?"

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