Quotes by Rick Scott - Page 3

Health-care costs when I got into the industry in '88 were 16 percent a year inflation. When I got out in 1997, they were less than 1 percent.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Inflation
Costs
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It is appalling that President Obama would cut off federal health care dollars to Florida in an effort to force our state further into Obamacare.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Dollars
Florida
Health Care
President Obama
Appalling
Further
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In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that's not the typical politician.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
People
Ran
Thinking
Typical
Case
Exactly
Exactly What
Surprised
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I grew up in the Methodist church. My wife grew up in the Baptist church. And wives get everything they want. So we got married in the Baptist church.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Baptist
Methodist
Wives
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I am very much opposed to forcing anyone to violate their conscience or their religious beliefs, and of course, I'm very much opposed to discrimination.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Conscience
Discrimination
Beliefs
Forcing
Opposed
Religious Beliefs
Violate
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I support Donald Trump because I believe he's a businessperson that's going to get the economy going, but also he's going to focus on how we destroy ISIS.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Trump
Businessperson
Focus Believe I Believe
Believe Focus I Believe
Destroy
Donald
Donald Trump
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In Florida, Medicaid is the fastest-growing part of our state budget - hands down. It is increasing at more than 3.5 times the rate of our general revenue.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Florida
Medicaid
Rate
Revenue
Budget
Increasing
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Students who have spent their childhood here in Florida deserve to qualify for the same in-state tuition rate at universities their peers and classmates do.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Classmates
Deserve
Florida
Peers
Rate
Tuition
Qualify
Universities
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While the federal government is committed to paying 100% of the cost of new people in Medicaid, I cannot, in good conscience, deny the uninsured access to care.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Committed
Conscience
Deny
Federal Government
Medicaid
Good Government People
New People
Paying
Uninsured
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I don't like losing money. I don't go gamble. Because I don't want to lose any money. I didn't grow up with any money and I'm not going to go gamble and lose money.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Gamble
Growing Up
Losing
Want
Grow Up
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Do you want to use your tax dollars to educate more people who can't get jobs? I want to make sure that we spend our money where people can get jobs when they get out.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Dollars
Educate
Tax Dollars
Money Your People
Money People Your
More People
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It is up to all of us - the state, Florida's local communities, and the federal government - to work together on long-term solutions to improve the quality of our water.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Quality
Federal Government
Florida
Long Term
Solutions
Water
Work Government Together
Communities
Local
Work Together
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Floridians are a strong, resilient people. We are fortunate to live in a great state where all Floridians enjoy opportunities to get a great job and a world-class education.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Fortunate
Great Job
Resilient
World Class
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With over 20 million residents and 100 million tourists, we must stay ahead of the possible spread of the Zika virus and take immediate action to ensure Florida is prepared.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Florida
Prepared
Residents
Spread
Tourists
Ensure
Immediate
Virus
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The CDC and the federal government have already admitted that they have failed to get ahead of the spread of Ebola in Texas, and we aren't going to let that happen in Florida.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Federal Government
Florida
Spread
Admitted
Failed
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I want every health care professional, every first-responder, every citizen, every visitor to know that in Florida we continue to prepare for the worst. But we pray for the best.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Florida
Health Care
Pray
Best Health Care
Citizen
Pray For
Prepare
Visitor
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I had a mother that told me what to do all my life, and I traded that in for a wife. We got married two years out of high school which is not what you tell your kids to do, right?
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
High School
Married
Mother
Life Wife Me
All My Life
High
Traded
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I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Dollars
Fun
People
Right Thing
Thinking
Fun People Know
Easiest
Easiest Thing
Fun Thing
The Right Thing
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My job is to make sure that if you're a family in Florida, your children can get a good education and you have the opportunity for a job. That's my job and that's what I think about every day.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Florida
Good Education
Education Family Good
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I have recommended cutting the tax on cell phones and TVs for every Florida family so they can save around $43 a year for spending as little as $100 a month on cell phone and TV bills combined.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Bills
Cell Phone
Cutting
Florida
Phones
Month
Cell
Cell Phones
Combined
Recommended
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Here in Florida, we know plenty about the Castro brothers, and we hear stories of their ruthless and violent rule far too often. It is shameful that we would grant them any shred of legitimacy.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Castro
Florida
Legitimacy
Plenty
Ruthless
Shameful
Stories
Brothers
Grant
Hear
Rule
Shred
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Students can spend their money better than government can. It should not require a federal loan and decades of debt for students to get a college degree. Price limits access - plain and simple.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Access
College Degree
Debt
Limits
Loan
Degree
Plain
Price
Require
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Every business has to figure out how to make itself more efficient. They've got to use technology. They've got to use the Internet, things like that. We can do the same thing with our state colleges.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Efficient
Colleges
Business Technology Internet
Same Thing
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If you're going to be successful, you better have a goal, you better find really good people, better understand where all the money's coming from. And you better measure the living daylights out of it.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Good People
Successful
Living
Understand
Good Money Better
Coming
Measure
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I focused on jobs. I built private sector jobs all my life. That's what the race was about. Who was going to build private sector jobs? My opponent who never had one? Or me? That's why I won last night.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Jobs
Built
Private Sector
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Somebody's going to have to stand up to ISIS. It is a threat. When we have Americans beheaded, when we have people posing as refugees and become terrorists as in France, this is a scary time in the world.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
France
Posing
Scary
Time World People
Refugees
Stand Up
Terrorists
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By raising the minimum wage in California, 700,000 people are going to lose their jobs. There are a lot of opportunities for companies to prosper in Florida and compete here, and that's what I'm going after.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
California
Florida
Minimum
Minimum Wage
Compete
Prosper
Raising
Wage
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General revenue - what taxpayers are willing to give government, what they think is fair to give government - is not going to grow at the same amount that the federal government basically forces us to spend on Medicaid.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Federal Government
Medicaid
Revenue
Taxpayers
Fair
Forces
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You know, Floridians, we've paid into Social Security. Like a lot of other government programs, we sent money to D.C. We expect to get that money back. We expect that our Social Security is real. So, we have to fix Social Security.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Government Programs
Paid
Security
Social Security
Expect
Programs
Sent
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When I first ran for governor, the political class and party leaders opposed me with great vigor, and some even said if I won the primary they would never vote for me. But the voters had other ideas, and they are the only ones who count.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Class
Ideas
Party
Ran
Vigor
Vote
Voters
Great Political Me
Count
Won
Governor
Opposed
Political Class
Primary
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I am grateful for the lessons I learned from my parents' sacrifices. They often had trouble making ends meet, so we moved for them to find work. I remember my mom would sometimes take on second jobs, like ironing, just so we could buy groceries.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Jobs
Grateful
Groceries
Lessons
Moved
Buy
Ironing
Meet
Sacrifices
Second
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The Miccosukee facility in Miami only offers bingo, poker, and video gambling machines. Because it does not have slot machines or table games, the Miccosukee tribe doesn't need an agreement with the state. The Miccosukees only answer to the federal government.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Agreement
Bingo
Facility
Federal Government
Gambling
Machines
Miami
Offers
Poker
Slot
Tribe
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My position on immigration has been clear for a long time. I believe the federal government ought to do their job. You know, secure our borders. Come up with an immigration policy that Americans understand and people who want to come to this country understand.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Borders
Federal Government
Immigration
Immigration Policy
Ought
Secure
Time Government Believe
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It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law. It is at just such times that the constitutional right to self-defense is most precious and must be protected from government overreach.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Government
Law
Self
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We want Florida to be first for jobs, and we must have a skilled workforce to reach that goal. By investing in science, technology, engineering and math education, we are ensuring our students are prepared for the jobs of the future. Our teachers are essential to preparing our students.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Education
Jobs
Future
Science
Technology
Engineering
Florida
Investing
Math
Prepared
Workforce
Future Science Technology
Education Science Technology
Teachers
First
Ensuring
Essential
Reach
Skilled
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Allowing casinos to operate without having races could result in the end of dog racing in Florida as we know it. Right now, greyhound racing is in many cases a money-losing proposition, but the dog tracks are forced to continue it because they have to have races in order to operate the lucrative casinos.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Allowing
Cases
Florida
Racing
Forced
In The End
Lucrative
Operate
Proposition
Races
Result
Tracks
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There's a book out called 'How Money Walks' written by Travis Brown. He's followed annual adjusted gross income from 1992 to 2011. Approximately $100 billion has moved to Florida from all over the country. Number two is Arizona. Where does it come from? It's come from New York; it's come from New Jersey; and it's come from California.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Arizona
Brown
California
Florida
Gross
Income
Jersey
New Jersey
Walks
Adjusted
Annual
Approximately
Billion
Followed
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In the middle of the Great Depression, George Jenkins, Jr. left his job at a grocery store and decided he would open up his own store. I am sure many people thought Mr. Jenkins was crazy, but he had a dream. Today, his chain of stores employs 127,000 Floridians and is the largest employee-owned company in the country. We know it as Publix.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Great Depression
Great Today I Am
Mr
Chain
Employs
George
Grocery
Grocery Store
Largest
Store
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There’s no question that mistakes were made and as CEO, I have to accept responsibility for those mistakes. I was focused on lowering costs and making the hospitals more efficient. I could have had more internal and external controls. I learned hard lessons and I’ve taken that lesson and it’s helped me become a better business person and a better leader.
Rick Scott / Governor Of Florida
Mistake
Responsibility
Taken
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