Tom Gallagher
Tom Gallagher
C. Thomas "Tom" Gallagher IIIis an American politician from the state of Florida and a member of the Republican Party. Gallagher holds the distinction of having served more years as an elected state official than any other individual in Florida history. He began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1979 to 1987. He was then the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida from 1989 to 1995, the Education Commissioner of Florida from...
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Investors should be cautious of the fact that we're in the middle of an overvaluation correction and that we have further to go on interest rates and the Fed sees inflation as a problem and they plan on handling it. And some people are now saying they may take stronger action at the next meeting. So I think in that case it's a good yet idea to sit back and let the overvaluations get taken care of and let the Fed go through a couple of rate increasing before you get back into the market.
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I obviously didn't use insider information. That's what I've said from day one.
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Charlie Crist is a very nice guy. He's probably one of the nicest guys around and he does a good job of communicating issues ... that are important to his office. I don't think he's ready to be governor.
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Increasing our investigative force and pursuing tougher laws will strengthen our ability to put scam artists behind bars and enforce our message that we intend to put the brakes on this costly crime.
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I am pleased that this money is being returned to the victims. This may help them recover from the financial anguish, but the mental anguish may never be undone.
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I commend our investigators and prosecutors for their tenacity in making our state a national leader in combating insurance fraud. We will not give up the fight to protect Floridians from the danger and cost inflicted by insurance fraud schemes.
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I certainly believe that we're in a bear market and we're going test the lows that we established last week, and that we will go through them. But there will be life after the bear market.
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It's not just about how much money you have. It's about how you spend it and what your message is.
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It's not that Japan or Europe have better accounting systems than we do,
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I wanted to offer to the people an opportunity to vote to spend a penny on prisons. Didn't say it had to be a new penny - could have been an old penny.
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The idea is although over a bunch of years you build up a cash reserve of $6 billion, you could just as easily have a bunch of years where you have a $15 billion deficit.
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Aggressive investigations and prosecutions coupled with legislation I'm advocating this year will tighten the net around these criminals.
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The economy is performing well enough to be producing pretty good profits under last year's rules. But we don't know what the profits are going to be under the new rules.
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The eight hurricanes which stuck Florida in less than 15 months created problems that no one could have ever anticipated. Addressing those challenges, reducing the burdens on Florida homeowners and preparing Florida's families for future storms remain my top priorities this session.