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The 1987 Florida TaxWatch Turkey Watch: Governor Should Wield the Budget Ax on Bumper Crop of $100 million Turkeys

This report examines the 1987-88 state budget, which rose nearly 12 percent to $18.5 billion following Florida's largest tax increase to that point, a new sales tax extended to many professional, business, and personal services. Florida TaxWatch's review of that budget identified what it terms "turkeys," appropriations inserted during the legislative session that circumvent the

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