by Javier Manjarres
Florida Governor Rick Scott took a swim in the Shark Tank to give his thoughts on the now closed 2011 Florida Legislative session. Governor Scott gave his take on the budget and tax cuts, calling special attention to the business tax cuts that eliminated the corporate tax for almost 50% businesses that were already paying it. Scott indicated he will sign the budget but also stressed that he will do a post-budget “line item review” that identifies, “the things that don’t help build jobs, I’m gonna veto.” In regard to the failed PIP initiative, Governor Scott said he was ‘disappointed’ that the legislature couldn’t get this important measure done.
Governor Scott campaigned on a promise for an ‘Arizona style’ immigration law, but when I asked him about the subject, it was hard not to note his disappointment about the topic. Even while enjoying supermajorities in both legislative bodies, the self proclaimed “most-conservative Senate ever” dropped the ball and embarrassed the Governor by not passing an immigration bill with a public E-Verify component that he was seeking. Scott hid his disappointment pretty well by stating that the Legislature did at least pass the State E-Verify measure, and stated that “next session my goal is that we will have a logical immigration bill.”
25 Responses to “Governor Rick Scott in the Tank for a Session-Ending Interview”
GO GOV………
Good job but Illegal aliens
generally do NOT want U.S. citizenship. Americans are very vain thinking
that everybody in the world wants to be a U.S. citizen. Mexicans, and
other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home countries
while obtaining the benefits offered by the United States such as
employment, medical care, in-state tuition, government subsidized
housing and free education for their offspring. Their main attraction is
employment and their loyalty usually remains at home. They want
benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans. What illegal
aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying the price.
Obama should know some Mexican vote Rep and some vote dem.
What are you going to do when you loose all your policemen teachers and corrections officers because we DO NOT HAVE ANY BENEFITS? We have not had a pay raise in years and now they are going to cut it! There is not an officer I have talked to that is not going to cash out and leave Florida. Who will protect you dummies how many poor republicans are out ther who will never vote rep. again when we cannot support our familes. You people better buy guns and PROTECT YOURSELVES BECAUSE WE ARNT GONNA BE HERE ANY MORE!!!!!!
I just hope that all of you folks realize that Governor Scott will sell out YOUR interests in favor of those of BUSINESS every day and be happy about it. Is that what you voted for?
It will not be difficult to replace spoiled cry babies. I hope you all move to a state with high taxes so that you can better understand how those who make less than half of what you make are living.
Rick Scott Needs to bring back jobs to Florida and get the illegals out. I’m sorry you might have to work for less or maybe even lose your job. If you got a better solution I’m all ears. I’ve been out of work for two years now and I’m kinda thinking your just a little selfish Gingrin and Rich. I didn’t collect unemployment or any other welfare program either. I guess some people don’t believe we have a 14 trillion dollar deficit. Or maybe you think we should print a bunch of funny money to pay down the debt and not eat the 50.00 bread. This country is in some serious shit and unless we do something about it soon we will all be up shits creek together!
He certainly isn’t no Harry Truman who said the buck stops here or George Patton who led his men into battle. He left early Friday night while the legislative session battled it out till 3 A.M. in the morning getting his beauty sleep. You can all make excuses for him but the fact is he is blaming someone else for his lack of leadership and illegals are costing the state over 6 billion dollars a year not to mention sending a message that Florida welcomes them and whatever element comes with them including terrorists. Oh yes, I agree with Atwater. It would have been a boon to Florida to take the stimulus money for the speed rail . The unemployed who voted for him got what they wanted more unemployment.
Dear gingrin,
What makes you think we dummies don’t already have guns to protect ourselves?
And by the way, we purchase our own guns and our own ammo, while we also have not had raises for several years and pay HALF of our health insurance premiums and retirement benefits, while our private sector employers pay the other half.
For some reason people being paid by our tax dollars think we should pay their benefits too?
Go have some gin and get your map out to pick your new destination.
I am so glad we have a governor now who understands how a business is supposed to be run. And when his time is governor is over, you won’t hear him making whiny commercials begging for customers who need legal advice.
Sorry, Scott, your state legislature let us all down. As with all too many politico types they sold their souls to their special interest and ethnic base supporters.
Why is it so difficult for these sell outs to grasp the concept of ILLEGAL and the FACT that ILLEGAL ACTIONS SHOULD BE PUNISHED!
Atta Boy, Rick! Keep after ‘em. No matter what the cry-babies say, You keep up the pressure to reduce the waste, reduce the taxes, measure the results and LET”S GET TO WORK!
gingrin, find another state to work in.
All those listed are so over paid and have twice, or more, the benefits package of the taxpayers who feed you.
The school system is a dismal failure and little more than a socialism training camp.
The police do little more than rob the very people paying them with rediculous traffic stops and speed traps, while turning the dangerous back out onto the streets with a revolovong door justice system.
All of you retarded governmnet employee union members have too little intelligence to figure out your pay and benefits packages have been unsustainable for at least a decade. Many of us have been trying to tell you this for at least one decade, but you refuse to listen. Now the politicial spun web of lies and misinformation has come tight around your throats and all you can think of is take more from those you are supposed to be serving.
You seem to forget we, John Q. Public, have to deal with government employees on a regular basis and we know how lazy, worthless and easy to replace most of you are.
WHen you traded low pay for a good pension, we overlooked your incompetence. Now you make more then we do and treat us like your slaves.
Go to hell.
gingrin, ALL your benifiets ? No doubt your mind has no comprhension skills beyood the hardcore and now archaic union it’s all about mememe line.
Funny how public union employees feel entitled to be completely insulated from this economic recession and real estate depression. Where do they think we can get the money to fund their salaries with their lavish pensions and benefits, maybe the tooth fairy can bring some.
News flash, the public sector has outgrown our ability to support it thanks to our local Democratic one party rules in South Fla.
Try being laid off last year, thanks to liberals destroying our economy. Getting a lousy few weeks severance pay, a piss ant 401k, a pat on the ass and a good luck. Losing all your health care benefits for you, your spouse and your children, no jobs of any consequence to find and no end in site. Excuse me if I don’t give a rats ass if you didn’t get your cola raise this year!
Go find some liberal state with outrageous property taxes, state income tax, 500k 3/2 homes and shitty weather to move to if Florida doesn’t suit you.
ANY State, County, Employees and Teachers who feeeel Disappointed; feel free to seek work elsewhere, maybe in another State! I would suggest California, Illinois, or New York !
I have a college degree and would love to teach. I also have several State firearms licenses, train frequently, and can protect myself and family.
Government Employees who appreciate and do their jobs for the Citizens; Thank You!
We are all in this together and the tough times haven’t even STARTED!
You all fall for this bullshit that highly paid workers with good health care and safe pensions is bad!! That’s what big business wants you to believe. If the entire country had no right to work laws and unions flourished we’d be fine. Business has to do business here since this is the #1 economy in the world. When the percentage of unionized workers was higher and the percentage of illegal workers was lower, there was no health care crisis because the union workers had high quality healthcare and illegals weren’t sucking up the money.
You folks are constantly talking down American labor. We are the best in the world. At least the workers trained by union journeymen are. I can’t believe the schlock work I see down south. I never stayed in a hotel where the hot and cold were reversed until I stayed in a few down south.
Maybe if we had enforced our tariff laws, to keep the playing field even that other countries impose on us, we wouldn’t be having these discussions now.
My good Gen Early,
Maybe if Mr. Bush hadn’t started wars that he couldn’t pay for and figured out a way to pay for the Medicare drug benefits, we’d be just a little bit better now. If the Bush SEC had watched over Wall Street a little better, they wouldn’t have been able to sell investors garbage bonds that they had mis-labelled high quality and almost brought down the worls’s economy all the while paying themselves princely sums of salary and bunuses.
You and I shouldn’t be paying for the politicians and the greedy Wall Streeters greed and arrogance.
I am glad that you own firearms and hope that makes you feel safe and secure.
Calm down there Cowboy (Rich) the only thing anyone’s really taking about are the EXCESSES + current cost{divide in economy} = we can’t afford ALL of it any more. AND things are only compounded with a crybaby mentality.
3% for your pay for YOUR OWN retirement is a small price to pay when thousands more of JUST AS HARD working NON public employee sector people don’t even have a job. No doubt there are good and not so good union people both in and out of government jobs. It’s mainly the union bosses that make anyone in a union look sooo bad by training you all to be like a bunch of mindless sheep (yeah I know, poor schooling doesn’t help either) you all made fools out of yourselves in Wisconsin. One things for sure, the unions KILLED , shot to death mainstream manufacturing, construction jobs etc. in this still possible to be great country of ours. But now they want you to fight to the death as Rome burns. Perhaps you are a good worker but public employee unions are next to go down if you all don’t take the union bosses heads by the horns and try to think just a little outside the box.
Want examples ? LOOK at Detroit , DEAD city, (yes they still make a few cars) but the excess of unions and government are the reason why. LOOK at Pittsburg, show me a fully operational steel plant ANY WHERE that’s still under union domination but they do have that big monument to the once great American Steel Workers Union downtown. Chicago unions killed off big trade shows that now go to Vegas. Yes unions were good to have around 60-70 years ago, we ALL know that. Times have changed. Look at China, they do it just as good (in most cases) and far cheaper is why they are now set to out pace us. You think that is good? BTW Rich I will just you this , you ARE right at least about our Tariff laws
Mr. Bill, where do you get this idea that the union bosses are all corrupt? We are the best trained workforce in the world. Probably because we won’t let just anyone in, you have to prove that you have the ability to develop the skillset necessary to succeed in the trades.
The auto manufacturers left Detroit because we have a two-tier system in America, right to work states and states where unions flourish. That’s why the foreign cars are all built down south where labor is cheaper and works for less benefits.
I don’t know where you folks get the idea that American workers should work for less while CEO and executive pay is skyrocketing!! You are selling American workers out and the politicians and big business are laughing at you while you do it!!
I’m glad I saw this interview. Gonna re-post. To be fair Rick is doing what we told him to do. He has it tough right now!
As a Florida Corrections Officer, I make $36K a year. When I retire in 3 years I will have a pension of $24K. Do the math. We’re the highest trained and the lowest paid Corrections officers in the Nation. Up until now, the Florida DOC has set the standard for the entire country. Rick Scott and the Republicans in the Legislature are content to allow the Department to slide into mediocrity. When then Governor George W. Bush did this in Texas, folks applauded that too. And then the “Texas 7″ escaped from death row due to under staffed and under funded prisons. I’ve spend a career having the filth and scum of society threaten me and throw feces on me, just to keep them out of your back yards. Perhaps a thank you would be nice. How about letting me keep the pay and benefits promised. Or is promise keeping not a “conservative value”?
[...] Governor Rick Scott in the Tank for a Session-Ending Interview …: by Javier Manjarres Florida Governor Rick Scott took a swim in the Shark Tank to give his thoughts on the now closed 2011 Florida Legislative session. Governor Scott gave his take on the budget and tax cuts, calling special attention to the business tax cuts that eliminated the corporate tax for almost 50% businesses that … – Readmore [...]
Rick Scott wants this Immigration bill to pass…who’s going to enforce it? the cops and corrections officers that he’s back stabbing and breaking contract with? We need to “Pink Slip Rick” before there is NO Florida left, he’s slowly kiiling the middle clss, the back bone of the state and we all need to “Wake Up”! and get rid of Rick!
Hey Sandman! you chose your line of work “Private Sector” how much cash were you making before you lost your job? When I started I was making shit dealing with shit what did you do sit behind a nice wood desk in an office with a/c? ever get piss or shit thrown at you? So Fu_k you I deserve a fu_kin 3% bullshit cola asshole, when you can put on my uniform and do what I do then you can talk, but until then shut your mouth!
Quote David K
“Hey Sandman! you chose your line of work ”
Why don’t you practice what you preach schmuck. The difference is I’m not asking all of you to increase my pay in a deep recession. I go out and make my money on my own. Unlike you, I’m not on the taxpayers dole and then what my ass kissed for doing my job.
You dumb ass union liberals put Democrats in charge who in turn destroy the economy, then in turn have no tax revenue to support your lavish benefits and pensions. You yourselves are your own worst enemies. Welcome to the Obama induced recession son.
Do you people read? I mean seriously: Democrats destroy the economy? Democrats caused a lack of tax revenue? Democrats have brought us to where we are today? Really?
For Florida, one of the most destructive combinations was the Bush – Bush leadership. Republicans just love tax breaks because it sucks uninformed voters into thinking they are doing you a favor. What they fail to tell you is that lower revenue results in deficit spending. I mean Bush came into the presidency with hundreds of millions of dollars in excess cash — he leaves office with the single largest deficit ever accumulated by a president (except his father). We simply continue to pay for Republican folly.
Did you even pay attention to the bills being passed in teh Florida legislature this time around? If the Republican legislators paid homage to corporate America and insurance companies any more, it would have required a golden idol for them to worship. Not one bill passed that would do anything to help just regular people. In fact, they went out of their way to kick people while they are already down by limiting unemployment compensation; which, like it or not, some people need.
I do not believe that all you Republicans are really that hard hearted and mean spirited?