Born and raised in Texas, Jeb Bush moved to Florida in 1980. The son and brother of presidents, he was governor of the Sunshine State from 1999 to 2007, the place he shortly grew to become generally known as a champion of college selection and financial accountability. In 2016, he made an unsuccessful run for the Republican presidential nomination and he now resides in Miami-Dade County—fortunately retired from political life.
A self-proclaimed “old-school conservative with libertarian blood running through [his] veins,” I talked to Bush a number of weeks in the past for our new particular challenge of Motive dedicated to all issues Florida (subscribe now and skim the complete challenge on-line!).
He instructed me that extra persons are shifting to Florida than some other state within the nation as a result of “we don’t try to micromanage people’s lives” and that the federal government “works pretty good,” particularly with regards to schooling, regulation, and infrastructure. We mentioned what he actually thinks of Gov. Ron DeSantis, former President Donald Trump, present President Joe Biden, and whether or not the “Florida Man” meme captures one thing important in regards to the state’s residents. “It’s probably not fair, but who cares?” he says. “It’s funny. We should embrace it. We’re striving to have a disproportionate number of candidates for the Darwin Award each year. We should be very proud of it.”
And we talked about what actually makes America nice. “I would say the shared identity should be that it doesn’t matter where you start in life,” Bush instructed me. “It doesn’t matter where you were born. What matters is that you have a chance to rise up, that your hard work will be rewarded, and that you will be part of the exceptionalism of our country where people…have a chance to succeed. That’s being challenged like never before.”
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