In other words, Florida stands as a clear demonstration that all of New York’s behavioral mandates (e.g., masks) and intentional destruction of small business have had no measurable effect whatsoever in decreasing spread of the virus or in improving health results.Īs per my review yesterday, in New York City, restaurant dining has been severely restricted for months under fluctuating directives, and as of last week, by order of the Governor, all indoor restaurant dining has been shut down entirely, with no indication of when it may re-open. As to results, here’s the bottom line: As one would expect, the economic decline caused by intentional government suppression of the economy has been much, much less severe in Florida than New York but just as important, Florida has also experienced, and continues to experience, superior health results to New York. By contrast, Florida, led by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, has been very much at the opposite end of the regulatory response spectrum. Yesterday, I had a roundup of the current onerous regulatory response to the virus in New York. On this subject, the differences in policy mostly concern regulation, rather than taxing and spending. For today I’ll focus mainly on the policy response to the Covid-19 virus. New York is firmly in control of the progressive left, and exemplifies high taxes, high spending, and high regulation.ĭifferent policies lead to different results. Florida exemplifies the low tax, low spend, low regulation approach to state government. In Florida, Republicans have controlled the legislature (both houses) since 1997, and the governorship since 1999. Pending release of final 2020 Census numbers, estimates put Florida’s current population at about 21.8 million, and New York’s at about 19.4 million.ĭespite being, at least for now, relatively close in population and other demographics, New York and Florida could not be more different in their approaches to public policy. As to population, as recently as 2013, New York had slightly more population than Florida (both around 19.6 million), but since then Florida has been growing rapidly, while New York has been shrinking slowly.
These two states are close not only in overall population, but also in relative numbers of immigrants and of minority groups. Of all the states, the one most comparable to New York by demographics is Florida.
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