What are Florida politicians doing to create jobs in the state?

Apologies to the Mayor and others, but simply believing a reduction in regulations will lead to job creation is silly - only " demand" can create jobs. That's how it has always been. Magical political dust is simply Left versus Right, it is a charade, albeit with occasional sincerity. It is right out of the "pick me " play book and has very little to do with economics. If politicians could create jobs we 'd keep score and re-elect the very best. The problem is they don't create jobs and never have. In our last Presidential election both candidates promised "12 million new jobs." Where are they? When pressed for details, like a simple "what jobs?" Neither had any specifics.  It's all just a political charade. What makes the deception worse is too many ignorant Americans believe it. Half of our adult population actually believes the President or the Congress can create jobs. That is an amazing fact, made worse by the fact that they vote based on this delusional belief - a belief with no evidence. Perhaps politics us like religion - most never pick their religion, they inherit it. The same is mostly true for political beliefs -  Democrat parents have Democrat babies, 90% if the time. Republicans do, too (85%).  Missing from this reality is any thoughtful consideration before choosing, much like religion. Maybe that's lazy. Maybe it's stupid or ignorant, but it is our America - inherited beliefs. The Mayor, and anyone else interested in the future of America should seek solutions not leaders, not ideology. For the last four decades America has continued its decline in almost every measure. We can continue to believe in the religion of politics or we can grow up and seek solution to our greatest challenges. We can be objective and reject the empty promises of politics. The people we have elected have brought us where we are today - bankrupt. They offer no solutions. They have no solutions. If they have you as a "believer," ask yourself why? What have they accomplished? In my 50 years I cannot think of a single major accomplishment of any if our Presidents. Not one.  Why then do many of us believe they create jobs or have any significant influence on our economy? They do not. We need to udentify unmet demand and figure out how to efficiently service that demand. That's how jobs are created. WE need to do that, all of us. Let's reinvest the time, money and passion we waste on politics into our fellow citizens and judge their ideas on the merits, not poetical affiliation. It's time to grow up and think. WHAT matters more than WHO.

The position I hold within the political arena is at the local level. The question asks a generality of what all Florida politicians are doing to create jobs in Florida, yet the reality, there is alot more influence from a top down approach, than a local level up approach. With that in mind, the true place to advocate for business creation is at the local level of governance. Having said this, my commentary will focus on the State, then County and finally a local perspective. 1) State: The State of Florida should be an easy answer for where corporations want to migrate to. We have it all, yet this State never has been a primary location. We may have it all, yet we dont have the proper business climate for major corporations. The State politicians tend to be more small business foscued, as it seems to me, they believe this target market is easier to relocate, and easier to facilitate into the Florida primary markets. This is not the same philosophy I share, since I believe that bringing the big corporations here, will in turn bring small business to maintain what the big boys can't. Continuing with the State's mindset, I think that the Florida leaders are very narrow minded in their vision for our State. Their focus is simply to find jobs, and call those a success. Florida is a tourist State and much of our resources are spent in developing those programs, when in my view we should be foscuing on developing a better State Education system, transportation system and access to other industries in order to seek out and retain the larger corporations. I believe that many companies would arrive into Florida without the need for tax cuts/credits if they knew the quality of life was worth it. We have it all here in Florida, we just need a more advanced electorate truly develop the State. 2) County: Alot of work for business is developed at the County level. This is where land usage, land swaps and various ordinances are put in place to advocate for a business and to help it develop. At this time, for a business to arrive into Florida and be established, it takes 7 steps from the County or Local level to be permitted to build, let alone facilitate further permits if necessary. That is a system that needs more streamlining. The Counties operate from the law of the State and are trying, yet they need further help from the State. A recent example of this was Sunrail vs High Speed Rail. The State needed both, and the State Government did not get out of its own way in order to allow a rail system to develop within the State. 3) Local Government: People need to know they are protected and that water is going to flow. This is an interesting premise, since the local level handles these issues within the cities, with guidance from the County and State. If we are going to see further development into the State, then I think it will happen at this level. I truly believe that each CIty knows how to handle its borders better than the State does, and therefore I believe a program needs to be in place that can allow for this to occur. A joint venture between all 3 levels of Florida's government to truly find way to bring corporations and business' to the State of Florida. I hope that helps to have answered this question. Thank you

I would say that the question needs to be adjusted a little bit. One of the biggest problems in our economy is that there are not enough skilled workers for particular jobs and even entire industries!I think the answer to that is education reform to focus on matching students to careers based on their interests and the needs of the job market. This makes sense for the students and for the economy!Academics will always be important, but so will having skilled workers!