Sen. Rick Scott: Florida Taxpayers Will Not Bail Out States That Can’t Live Within Their Means – By Melanie Arter (CNS News) / Oct 20 2020
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) told Fox Business’s “Varney and Company” on Tuesday that while he supports giving stimulus money to the people who have lost their jobs, small businesses, and schools, he will not support Florida paying for states that don’t know how to live within their means.
When asked if he supports a stimulus bill bigger than $2.2 trillion as the president requested, Scott said, “But we don’t know what is in the package. What is frustrating is Pelosi and Schumer don’t want to do a deal. We passed a bill. We worked all of August – Republican senators did. We passed a bill the first part of September.
“We’re gonna do it again this week to say let’s help the people that lost their jobs. Let’s help the small businesses. Let’s help get our schools open. Let’s put more money for testing, vaccine, post office. Guess what, the Democrats keep blocking it. So I agree with the president. We need to go help Americans that have gotten hurt, but I’ll tell you what I’m not going to do,” he said.
“We’re not bailing out these states that don’t want to pay for their own pension plan, can’t live within their means like Cuomo in New York and Pritzker and Newsom. They just want the federal government to bail out all their problems because they can’t live within their means. When I became governor, I lived within my means as a governor,” the senator said.
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