Biggest thing for me, is I know that if the Federal Government tries to force people to do something, he will put a stop to it. I know most people in here were/are for the vaccine mandate. I was not (why I came back and voiced my opinion at the time). He shut that down at the State level. Made it optional. I own my own business so it did not affect me either way, but I don’t agree with Federal mandates.
Most people in here were/are for the lockdowns. I was for about 2 weeks, like I was told. Realized pretty quickly lockdowns we’re not going to work like we were being told. I also took a major financial hit for being locked down. He too realized that and opened up the state in 3 weeks. My customers set their boundaries with my business, not the Government. Which worked out really well for both sides.
During the first year of Covid, it seemed like we lived in a different world. When we had visitors from other states come down, they felt more normal.
He also made sure schools were open that fall. You can see in recent reports what happened in children because they missed so much school.
I am a huge supporter of school choice. He expanded the step up program to add 28,000 more students each year to use their school tax money to go to other schools. We don’t get the full amount because it’s based off of earnings but it helps with the cost of a small private school for my son. My daughter wanted to go public for sports. In my sons school most of the kids are from a low-socioeconomic household or immigrants (about 3 in his 30 class fled Ukraine). His school costs about $8000 a year and I think the max amount you can receive is $7500. So it covers most of it. The school also lets parents volunteer hours to make up the difference.
I think most people outside of the state hear about him in a negative way, but most of it is not true or missing a lot of context. There is a reason why he won by 20 points. There are even more reasons I’m a fan of his (including the Hurricane management compared to Michael (Rick Scott)).
