PalmBeachPost.com:Floridians are paying as Republicans profit

As a candidate in 1998, Jeb Bush promised Floridians "a new kind of politics." He has delivered. He and the Republican Party have put out signs that the state is open for business -- private business.

Never in Florida has there been such a link between politics and policy. Never has an administration had to invent so many defenses of obvious conflicts of interest.

I have heard of other cases not included here where Jeb Bush is collecting big from all the contracts he has given out. Republicans are for privatization because of the contribution shakedowns they can do on contractors while they are in office and the cushy jobs they land after they leave.