Sarah Murphy’s obituary was short and incomplete. While it mentioned her decades of pro music career as sax player in Florida and Europe, no mention of her long recent career as Real Estate agent. No mention her years of cheerful community and church volunteer contributions. Mentioned her farewell exit from a hospice. No mention she had been a *** cancer survivor. Had been.

Her cause of death not mentioned at all. For the thousands whose lives and hearts she touched, they know: Death by Politics. As a survivor, with no health insurance, regular (expensive) checkups, regular healthy (expensive) diet, oh, and regular income, were essential. Several fundraisers were held over the years for medical costs, always volunteer music festivals. John Wilson, Anchor at Fox 13 News Tampa Bay helped promote the last one earlier this year.

The impossible Property Insurance and Property Tax schemes exacted on Floridians have done more than put us at the top of foreclosures (with an escalation to begin by year’s end). Real Estate agents‘ and brokers’ incomes have been trampled, among other industries. Millions of Floridians had to dump savings, or 401k’s, or refinance or smack down their credit cards, none of which is repeatable, all of which is financially unsound.

And our political forces tell us we will be hit with the same or worse in the coming year.

Plenty of jobs that come with fries, which is why plenty of Floridians work many jobs. Many of us fill up regularly, food and gas (expensive). Lots of small to midcap businesses regularly downsize, down the benefits, sit on already squashed pay scales. Even those with health insurance will tell you that doesn’t mean they have health care.

The insurance and tax Goliath unleashed on top of these actual and true economic crushes are swiftly doing in residents and businesses alike. Last week Wall Street "whiz boys" just now getting a sniff of something foul.