Promise Posts – Page 8

Rick Scott

Eliminate Florida’s corporate income tax over 7 years

Rick Scott broke promise to get rid of corporate taxes | November 26, 2018

Rick Scott

Bring Arizona’s immigration law to Florida

How will Supremes’ ruling on Arizona Law affect Florida? | June 25, 2012

Rick Scott

Require all Florida employers to use E-Verify system

Scott now wants a national E-Verify program | June 25, 2012

Barack Obama

Walk with picketers when collective bargaining rights are threatened

Obama never marched with union picketers | December 14, 2016

Rick Scott

Reduce prisoner costs by $1 billion

Nowhere near $1 billion cut from prison budget | July 1, 2014

Rick Scott

Propose biennial budgets and give the public time to participate

Scott drops two-year budget plan | January 5, 2012

Rick Scott

No budget gimmicks, one-time revenues, borrowed funds, temporary funds or tax increases

Scott raided trust funds to help balance budget | January 5, 2012

Rick Scott

More stringent standards on work requirements for welfare

Scott has failed to tighten work rules for welfare clients | December 11, 2013

Rick Scott

Lower workers’ compensation costs by 35 percent

Scott fails to lowers workers comp by promised amount | January 20, 2014

Rick Scott

Bring state employee health insurance costs in line with the U.S. average

Legislature still refuses to raise worker contributions | August 18, 2014

Rick Scott

Put grant-writing and regulatory specialists in local economic development offices

Grant writers and regulatory specialists in local development offices? No sign of them | February 10, 2014

Rick Scott

Reduce property tax (Required Local Effort) by 1 mill

School tax cuts proposed are less than half of what Rick Scott promised | February 9, 2011

Rick Scott

Reduce property tax by another 1 mill over next 7 years

Required local effort’s rate barely budges in four years | July 21, 2014

Rick Scott

Institute Accountability Budgeting for each state agency

Legislature has shown no interest in accountability budgeting | May 20, 2013

Barack Obama

Introduce a comprehensive immigration bill in the first year

No big push in first year | August 13, 2010

Barack Obama

Invest $50 billion in auto manufacturing facilities for fuel efficient vehicles

Not much additional funding since 2009 | December 12, 2016

Barack Obama

Bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda

Record-setting partisan divide | August 31, 2012

Barack Obama

Give the White House’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Board subpoena power

Some changes but still no direct subpoena power | October 12, 2016

Barack Obama

Recognize the Armenian genocide

In two terms, no mention of Armenian ‘genocide’ | May 11, 2016

Barack Obama

No family making less than $250,000 will see “any form of tax increase.”

Smokers, tanning aficionados, the happily uninsured: More taxes coming at ya! | April 8, 2010

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