Rick Scott
Rick Scott
Richard Lynn "Rick" Scottis an American businessman and politician who has been the 45th Governor of Florida, since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party of Florida...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 December 1952
CityBloomington, IL
CountryUnited States of America
thinking people choices
I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.
thinking people typical
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.
jobs people decision
My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.
people want neighborhood
You want people to feel comfortable to walk in their neighborhoods, go out and shop, do business.
thinking people trying
I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.
people drug study
Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare.
fun thinking people
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.
accused due somebody sure
You have got to make sure there's due process for somebody that's accused of a crime. You've got make sure they're safe.
anybody cannot cost money raise
You cannot go out and say, oh, I am going to raise all this spending, but it's not going to cost anybody any money.
expect fix government money paid sent social
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.
coming good living measure money understand
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.
care gets government health money run
What you see is when the government gets involved, you run out of money and health care gets rationed.
costs cut knows taxpayers
Taxpayers need a businessman who knows how to create jobs, cut costs and balance budgets.
job
Part of my job is to get out and talk to people. I do that as much as I can.