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" My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it. "
Rick Scott
Get
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People
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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. "
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" History has repeatedly shown that the costs of many government healthcare programs far exceed early projections. "
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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. "
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" I want all tuition to stop growing. "
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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. "
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" When businesses think of locating in North America, I want to make sure that they think first about Florida. "
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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. "
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" The pollsters and pundits will keep trying to read voters' minds. "
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" Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare. "
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" Successful companies hire people. "
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" If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are. "
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" Washington, D.C., could learn a few budget lessons from Florida. The contrast between our state and the nation's capital is remarkable. "
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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. "
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Me
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" I have made it my practice to not get involved in primaries because picking the Republican candidate is the voters' job. "
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Job
Practice
" We ought to be bragging about Florida! "
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" 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. "
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Less
Out
" My job is to enforce the laws of Florida. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people. "
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" It's time for an end to the Republican-on-Republican violence. "
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" I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake. "
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" I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader. "
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" I think we ought to leave the law exactly the way it is, the 14th amendment. "
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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. "
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