Multiple Major Cities Repeating the Mistakes of Detroit? | Francis Suarez | POLITICS | Rubin Report
The Rubin Report
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🗓️ 23 October 2022
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Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez about how Miami has become the new Silicon Valley; how being a low-tax city actually increases tax revenue; how Miami is bucking the rising crime trend and becoming one of the most livable cities in America; how much more someone would pay to live in New York City as opposed to Miami; why Miami is increasing police funding while other cities are choosing to defund the police; how Miami is fighting rising rent prices by luring developers to build more affordable housing options; what Latino voters really think of the Democrats' pathetic pandering for the Latino vote; why you may see more Republicans like Mayra Flores; and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | All right, I'm Dave Rubin. We are at the local studio here in Miami. And I am with the mayor of Miami, |
| 0:14.6 | Francis Suarez, who loves Miami. Fair to say, you love Miami. Nobody loves my. Everyone loves |
| 0:19.9 | Miami, but like you love love. There's no separation between me and Miami, right? Like first of all, |
| 0:24.8 | just coming here and seeing this incredible studio in the heart of Winwood in Miami, which is one of |
| 0:30.4 | the most dynamic, fun, exciting neighborhoods. It's totally on brand for you, right? And you know, |
| 0:35.7 | it's just exciting to see you here. And we totally embrace what you're doing, you know, in terms of |
| 0:42.0 | the content, the conversations that you're provoking. And it's very much in line with who we are as a |
| 0:47.9 | city. So it's just it's just fun and exciting to be here. So I asked my guys right before we started, |
| 0:52.3 | I sat down with you in Miami Beach in June of 2021. That's right. So it's about a year, |
| 0:58.9 | a little less than a year and a half ago. I was not a Floridian. I was not really thinking about |
| 1:04.1 | Florida. There was a little bit of a flicker. There was a flicker. There was a little something. |
| 1:08.9 | But a lot has changed for me in this company. And you're basically in charge of the city that |
| 1:14.4 | everyone is coming to right now. How do you feel about that? Because I know it's good, but it |
| 1:20.3 | also comes with some some stuff that's tough. So look, first of all, as the first mayor of Miami, |
| 1:25.6 | that was born in Miami, right? In the 125 year history of Miami, this is a dream come true. I feel |
| 1:30.4 | like every day I'm living a dream. And so far as I was born here, I grew up here, went to college, |
| 1:37.3 | here, lost your dad was mayor. My dad was a mayor from when I was eight years old to when I was |
| 1:41.9 | 16. So I saw this sort of evolution of the city very up close. And to be in a situation where we have |
| 1:49.2 | set up a city to be successful when a lot of urban cities in America are not successful or failing. |
| 1:54.1 | And we did it because we followed three simple rules. We keep taxes low. We keep people safe. And |
| 1:59.2 | we lean into innovation. So, you know, we have created a city that's number one in tech job growth, |
| 2:04.3 | right? Number one in wage growth. We have a city that because we've kept taxes low has grown 12 |
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