The owner of Angie's Subs in Jacksonville Beach turned many heads with a sign posted outside the business. The marquee outside the sandwich shop read the owner is a "Bible thumpin', gun totin' capitalist pig owns this joint."
Ed Malin said: "I figured out my taxes, and 65 percent of my income was going to some taxing district. Federal, state, local, 65 percent! That's not America. That's not why I work 90 hours a week."
Malin said he has been changing the sign almost every day in the past 11 years. He said he has never had so many responses about a sign since he put the quote up last week. There are some who agree, and some who do not.
"I think he went a bit too far," one customer said. "I pulled my car up and I went, 'Yes! The truth!' The truth will set you free," said John Tipton, a longtime shop customer.
Malin said he's sure some people would not come to the shop because of the sign.
"Oh well, I lost some customers," he said. "I also gained some customers. I maybe doing the wrong thing, but we'll see."
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