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Rick Scott
American
Politician
Born:
Dec 1
,
1952
Florida
Government
Job
People
Think
You
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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
Forcing
Religious
Religious Beliefs
Course
Am
Opposed
Very
Discrimination
Anyone
Much
Beliefs
Conscience
Violate
Washington, D.C., could learn a few budget lessons from Florida. The contrast between our state and the nation's capital is remarkable.
Rick Scott
Nation
Few
State
Our
Could
Remarkable
Between
Budget
Learn
Contrast
Capital
Lessons
Washington
Florida
Mom somehow made it to every one of my graduations - even when it meant she had to travel far away.
Rick Scott
Mom
Travel
Made
Every
Somehow
Had
She
Far
Far Away
Meant
Even
Away
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
Government
Money
Better
Simple
Loan
Degree
College
Spend
College Degree
Federal
Price
Students
Access
Limits
Debt
Than
Decades
Get
Plain
Require
Should
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
Peers
Spent
Rate
Classmates
Students
Qualify
Same
Childhood
Tuition
Who
Deserve
Florida
Here
Universities
Everybody that has a measurement, whether it's in teaching or whether it's in your job, you're always worried how you will be measured.
Rick Scott
You
Measurement
Will
Job
Everybody
Worried
Always
How
Whether
Your
Teaching
Measured
I believe in the traditional American family, and I will do everything that I can to promote, you know, families.
Rick Scott
Family
You
Will
Believe
Everything
Promote
Know
Traditional
Families
American
American Family
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
Today
Depression
Great
Crazy
People
Job
Thought
Country
Own
Great Depression
Dream
Would
Open
Had
He
Know
Employs
Sure
Am
George
His
Left
Up
Middle
Store
Stores
Decided
Grocery
Grocery Store
Many
Chain
Company
Largest
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
Good
You
People
Money
Better
Good People
Living
Out
Find
Understand
Coming
Goal
Going
Where
Really
Successful
Measure
My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.
Rick Scott
Work
People
Job
Tough
Back
Willing
Tough Decisions
Make
Been
Get
Decisions
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
Government
State
Machines
Tribe
Slot
Table
Only
Facility
Federal
Federal Government
Poker
Because
Answer
Does
Miami
Offers
Video
Gambling
Games
Agreement
Bingo
Need
America's greatness is largely because of how we value the weakest among us.
Rick Scott
Value
Weakest
Because
How
Greatness
America
Us
Largely
Among
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
Family
Cell Phone
Phones
Phone
Year
Cell Phones
Every
Spending
Month
TV
Recommended
Combined
Around
Cell
Tax
Little
Cutting
Bills
Florida
Save
I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.
Rick Scott
Frustration
Jobs
Small
Small Businesses
Higher
Higher Taxes
Know
Built
Taxes
Created
Businesses
Companies
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
Me
Business
Better
Leader
Become
Lesson
Taken
Learned
Person
Hard
Business Person
Helped
Lessons
Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare.
Rick Scott
People
Welfare
Higher
Studies
Than
Show
Users
You want people to feel comfortable to walk in their neighborhoods, go out and shop, do business.
Rick Scott
You
Business
People
Walk
Neighborhoods
Out
Feel
Comfortable
Go
Shop
Want
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
Government
You
Money
Other
Programs
Back
Our
Security
Like
Know
Real
Government Programs
Lot
Expect
Fix
Get
Social
Sent
Paid
Social Security
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
People
Politician
Think
Ran
Typical
Exactly
Exactly What
Case
Because
Said
Doing
Surprised
Going
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
Money
Losing
Lose
Like
Because
Go
Up
Any
Going
Want
Gamble
Grow
Grow Up
We ought to be bragging about Florida!
Rick Scott
Ought
About
Bragging
Florida
You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.
Rick Scott
You
Running
Known
Principles
Got
Part of my job is to get out and talk to people. I do that as much as I can.
Rick Scott
People
Job
Out
Part
Talk
Get
Much
How much should the state be involved in regulating the growth in communities when you already have a county doing it, or a city doing it?
Rick Scott
You
State
City
County
Involved
How
How Much
Doing
Much
Should
Communities
Growth
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
Government
Think
Spend
Willing
Give
General
Federal
Federal Government
Fair
Forces
Revenue
Same
Going
Us
Taxpayers
Grow
Medicaid
Amount
Basically
I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.
Rick Scott
Saying
People
Try
Think
Other
Respectful
How
Listen
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