1. The estimates do not include the cost of dismantling nuclear weapons and military nuclear facilities. 2. Official estimates include the value of lost production through absenteeism when stress makes people ill. 3. And that estimate does not include the costs of training those teachers and building classrooms in which they can teach, particularly in crowded districts. 4. As such, the estimate includes legal immigrants, refugees, illegal aliens, as well as students and tourists whose visas have expired. 5. Agriculture Commissioner Bob Crawford said the high estimate included losses of citrus crops, sugar cane and other agricultural products of Florida. 6. Also, the latest estimate included the Martin Luther King holiday, when state unemployment offices were closed, preventing workers from filing. 7. But Erard said the income tax figures took into account the underground economy, where people deal in cash, while his estimate did not include unreported estates. 8. But that estimate does not include any of the sales decline that is expected as wholesalers reduce their inventories. 9. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Bob Crawford said the higher estimate included losses of citrus crops, sugar cane and other agricultural products that have yet to be assessed. |