Rick Scott says military makes up nearly 10 percent of Florida’s economy
Says the military accounts for about 10 percent of Florida's economy.
Says the military accounts for about 10 percent of Florida's economy.
"In Florida, illegal immigration costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion (a year). This amounts to $700 for every household in Florida."
On offshore oil drilling.
Hillsborough's Public Transportation Commission has "a rule that says cabbies have to wear socks. I mean, please. Come on."
On banning earmarks.
"The Republican plan for tax cuts is to give each millionaire -- the top 1 percent of income in this country -- $83,347 a year…
The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."
"Re: (Marco) Rubio's support of earmark ban: In 2002 alone, he requested 37 earmarks worth $43 million."
"Rick Scott got a majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida."
"The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift…
"We're the only system of federalism in the world."
"The amount of the revenue required by the state (for the construction of high-speed rail) is around 10 percent."