We can feed every public school child, teacher and staffperson without raising taxes on families or 98% of Florida businesses. ENUF (Education and Nutrition Funding for Flordians) strengthens Florida families, schools and economy. ENUF funds itself with an annual estimated surplus of $100,000,000. We invest in Florida's Families and Future by:
- Creating over 25,000 new jobs while protecting and growing Florida small businesses.
- Using luxury tourism to fund ENUF for Floridians.
- Investing in student nutrition, which raises academic performance and long-term earning.
- Raising teacher pay and classroom stabilty to bring the best teachers to Florida and keeping them here.
- Saving Florida families money every year, reducing household grocery and spending costs for student meals.
- Legalizing recreational cannabis use, under strict adult-only restrictions, as a means to raise funding for Florida schools.
- Generating an additional $900 million in local spending by teachers and staffpeople able to spend more of their money in the community.
- Expaning langauage arts, foreign language, arts education, creative thinking, vocational studies and STEAM program access to prepare student for higher-paying careers.
We get ENUF for Floridians with projected annual revenue of $5.05 billion at a cost of $4.95 billion. from:
- Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes: $450 million<
- Luxury Lodging Surcharge: $600 million
- Large Company Corporate Income Tax (125+ employees): $1.05 billion
- Large-Firm Service Tax: $1.35 billion
- Cannabis Excise Tax: $1.60 billion
And we get ANNUALLY:
- $4.95 billion invested in schools programs and nutritious free lunches
- $5.05 billion in revenue generated
- $100 million annual surplus
- 25,000+ jobs created
- $900 million in new local spending
- Over 2.9 million students, staff and teachers receiving free lunches
- 350,000 school employees receiving meal benefits
- 98% of Florida businesses protected from tax increases