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Latest Fact-Checks On Rick Scott

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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 18, 2018 an ad:
Says Bill Nelson "skipped 45 percent of the hearings on national security."
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By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2017 a Pensacola jobs roundtable:
Says Florida has "the second-lowest taxes, per capita, state taxes of any state in the country."  
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By Allison Graves • April 13, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 13, 2016 a press release:
"Over the past two years, Florida has cut more than $1 billion in taxes."
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By Joshua Gillin • April 25, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with a customer at a Gainesville, Fla., Starbucks:
"We got a million jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 20, 2016 a comment to a Tampa Bay Times reporter:
"We've cut taxes 50 times and look what has happened to our revenues. They've grown."
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By Joshua Gillin • February 4, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the Florida State of the State address:
"The average person only pays about $1,800 in state taxes — which is the lowest of all 50 states."
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By Steve Contorno • March 3, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 25, 2014 a campaign commercial:
"Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns.
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By Joshua Gillin • June 26, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 a campaign commercial:
"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 31, 2014 an online ad:
"Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs."
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By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • April 2, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 16, 2014 a tweet:
"Florida ranks first in the nation for access to free prekindergarten."
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By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 17, 2013 a letter to Florida's U.S. senators:
"Over the past 35 years, Florida families have paid into the (National Flood Insurance Program) over $16 billion, four times more than the amount they have received in claim reimbursements."
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By Amy Sherman • September 25, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 30, 2013 a speech at an Americans for Prosperity Foundation conference:
"We cut business taxes so today 70 percent of our businesses don't pay a business tax."
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By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 20, 2013 a press release:
"This budget also reflects the smallest state government workforce per 1,000 residents in Florida in this century."
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By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 a State of the State speech:
"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive community-based services."
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By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 15, 2013 a discussion with black lawmakers:
Says a recent study shows Florida students are second in the world in fourth grade reading, behind Singapore.
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By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 10, 2012 TV interview:
Florida has "1,200 golf courses. I think 58 million rounds played a year in Florida. We’ve got 44 percent of all travel golf in the country here. 5 million people come here just for golf."
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By Katie Sanders • May 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 18, 2012 radio interview:
"About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now."
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By Katie Sanders • April 27, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 25, 2012 an interview with WTSP:
"In some communities, for $10,000 worth of (PIP) coverage it’s $1,500 a year."
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By Katie Sanders • March 2, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 speech at CPAC:
"We are poised to get rid of over 1,000 more regulations in 2012."
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By Katie Sanders • February 17, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 State of the State address:
Says the state tax burden per citizen in New York is twice as high as in Florida.
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By Katie Sanders • January 11, 2012
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