Governor Scott: The Axis of Unemployment

Rick Scott

Bloomberg - Rick Scott, a former health-care executive who spent a record $78 million running for Florida governor, was sworn in with promises to attack the “axis of unemployment” in a state with the fourth-highest U.S. jobless rate. The Republican political novice vowed to make Florida the “most favorable business climate in the world” by addressing what he said were three impediments to job creation: taxation, regulation and litigation. “Prosperity comes from the private sector and only from the private sector,” Scott, 58, said today in his inauguration speech in Tallahassee. The 45th governor of the fourth-most-populous state said he would sign an executive order today to create the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Regulatory Reform to determine the impact of regulation on job creation. He reiterated campaign promises to eliminate Florida’s business tax and lower property levies by 19 percent. Read full story here:

Governor Scott: The Axis of Unemployment