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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 27, 2014 a press release about his education budget proposal
"The $18.8 billion in funding for K-12 education funding is the highest in Florida history and includes a record $10.6 billion in state funds."
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By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 16, 2013 a tweet
"The FL Guard has defended our freedom in Afghanistan, Iraq, and put their lives at risk; now the fed govt is going to cut their pay 20%."
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By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 21, 2013 a Wall Street Journal interview
"We cut taxes 24 times."
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By Katie Sanders • June 3, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 29, 2013 a Facebook post
"Every Florida teacher gets a pay raise."
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By Katie Sanders • May 1, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 5, 2013 his State of the State address
Says his proposed education spending "is the highest state funding level in Florida history."
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By Katie Sanders • March 5, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 31, 2013 a news conference
Says his budget provides "the highest state funding level in history" for education.
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By Katie Sanders • February 6, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 14, 2012 a TV interview
"In the four years before I became governor, we increased state debt $5.2 billion. We've paid it down $2 billion."
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By Katie Sanders • January 10, 2013
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 11, 2012 a news conference
Under Charlie Crist, Florida lost 825,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 percent to 11.1 percent.
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By Katie Sanders • December 14, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 20, 2012 a television ad
After hearing "the frustrations parents and teachers have with the FCAT," next year "we begin improving our testing system."
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By Katie Sanders • September 14, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 24, 2012 at a public event
PIP fraud is "$1 billion in fraud."
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By Katie Sanders • March 9, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 his State of the State address
"My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 10, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 10, 2011 an interview
"I started with a $3.7 billion budget deficit. Now we are projecting a $1.2 billion surplus."
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By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 1, 2011 an e-mail to state employees
"A recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. In Florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year."
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By Becky Bowers • July 12, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2011 comments at a bill signing
"In May we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in May for the state, 54,000 for the entire country."
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By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview on CNN
"Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare."
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By Aaron Sharockman • June 9, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech
Bing Energy said it decided to move to Florida because of Gov. Rick Scott’s "plan to eliminate the corporate tax."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 9, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2011 comments to employees at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Says Florida's pension plan faces the same long-term funding problems as Social Security.
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 25, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 16, 2011 comments announcing Florida would reject federal dollars for a Tampa-Orlando high-speed rail line.
"It is projected that 3.07 million people will use the train annually. Keep in mind that Amtrak's Acela train in Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore only had 3.2 million riders in 2010."
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By Aaron Sharockman • February 16, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 18, 2010 a speech to the Council of 100
Regulations are an "endemic weakness in government -- so old that Thomas Jefferson listed this problem among his charges against the King of England in the Declaration of Independence."
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By Lee Logan • November 22, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 2, 2010 a press conference.
Jennifer Carroll's an "outsider."
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By Aaron Sharockman • September 3, 2010
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