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
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
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
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 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
I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work. – Rick Scott
Florida is not going to implement Obamacare. We are not going to expand Medicaid, and we’re not going to implement exchanges. – Rick Scott
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
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
Mom somehow made it to every one of my graduations – even when it meant she had to travel far away. – Rick Scott
I believe in the principle that if you have more competition, it will drive down the prices. – Rick Scott
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
In Florida, we’re the best melting pot in the world. We love everybody coming to our state. – Rick Scott
