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Florida Senator Trolls Cuomo: NY's High Taxes, Policies Reason For Exodus To Sunshine State Florida Senator Trolls Cuomo: NY's High Taxes, Policies Reason For Exodus To Sunshine State
Florida Senator Trolls Cuomo: NY's High Taxes, Policies Reason For Exodus To Sunshine State U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is taking aim at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo about Florida's lower taxes and sunny weather, and how Scott says the Empire State is contributing to his state's surge. Now that Florida has surpassed New York as the third most populated state (behind California and Texas), the newly elected Republican senator, Florida's former governor, just flexed some muscles in an appearance on Fox News and in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. On Fox News, Scott said he wrote a thank you note to Cuomo saying: "Thank you, Governor Cuomo. Please keep raising taxes." In his o…