Overview
- The governors, who appeared in Miami on Tuesday at a Texas Stock Exchange roundtable, promoted an 11‑state Southern “Boom Belt” built on low taxes and pro‑business rules.
- Speakers at the event said the region generates about $9 trillion in annual GDP and has taken in 70% of U.S. population growth over five years, figures reported by the panel rather than independently verified.
- Greg Abbott detailed Texas constitutional bans on income, wealth, death and transactions taxes, while Ron DeSantis pointed to interstate competition and recent corporate moves such as Palantir’s planned shift to Miami.
- Florida Democrats highlighted household costs after the regular session ended without deals on property tax cuts, insurance fixes, health care costs or broader housing relief, with special sessions expected in the coming weeks.
- Market leaders Paul Atkins and Jim Lee warned the U.S. has roughly half the number of public companies it had 30 years ago because going public became costly and legally risky, a trend they say the TXSE aims to counter.