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In reply to the discussion: People have long memories over what Indiana has done. The youth will remember this, many [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,963 posts)If I was someone from a high-tech firm, why would I go somewhere why, despite being the 4th largest state, soon to be the third largest, had NO colleges in the top ten? It is not like we do not have the numbers; the largest campus in the nation is Central Florida, almost 30,000 strong, alogn with my alma mater, USF, 20,000, despite the fact that a certain scion named J.D. Alexander keeps poaching our campuses in the hopes of developing his land. But of course, what is the main focus of colleges in Florida, Football!,which is why yes, we win championships, but our degrees are worthless. Keep in mind this is depsite the fact that we have Nasa and Disney, two companies that should soak up native STEM students like a dry sponge, but that have to wind up importing talent.
But, what also helps this is the fact that we have Amusement park sized churches that do not even pretend not to bark orders to the government. Every Election, the churches will fill with people like Mike Huckabee, and provide the sort of built in organzation to ensure that anti-gay legislation gets passed. As Jeb himself recently bragged, Florida had this law before Indiana did. Of course, to give devils their due, we also have the real source of the GOP Power, aka the Florida Democratic party whose main job is to support Debbie Wasserman Schultz and keep the democratic platform just a half-hair width to the left of the Tea party.