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Many Floridians seem willing to pay for better services, but they share a widespread suspicion that the government is not sufficiently frugal. In a recent study by Florida TaxWatch, a nonprofit taxpayers group based in Tallahassee, the average respondent believed the government wastes a third of every dollar it spends. Says Reed Gidez, 28, who moved to Tampa from New Jersey a year ago: "I would be willing to pay more taxes if state leaders could convince me that they were actually going to do something with the money." For the leaders of the fourth largest state in the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida's Growing Pains | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

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