Stimulus does not work.
— Rick Scott
Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.
Prosperity comes from the private sector.
My job is to make sure that if you're a family in Florida, your children can get a good education and you have the opportunity for a job. That's my job and that's what I think about every day.
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.
My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it.
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.
I don't like losing money. I don't go gamble. Because I don't want to lose any money. I didn't grow up with any money and I'm not going to go gamble and lose money.
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.
You want people to feel comfortable to walk in their neighborhoods, go out and shop, do business.
If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are.
What you see is when the government gets involved, you run out of money and health care gets rationed.
I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.
Taxpayers need a businessman who knows how to create jobs, cut costs and balance budgets.
I am absolutely convinced that Florida will become the most exciting place in the world to live and work.
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.
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?
Part of my job is to get out and talk to people. I do that as much as I can.
You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people.
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.
If I believe your jobs plan, I'm going to vote for you.
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.
I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.
I believe that free-market principles will solve our healthcare problems.
I've absolutely lived the American dream.
Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.
I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.
I don't look at polls.
I think most people are not willing to make the tough choices.
You've got to be known for what you're running on, what principles.
We ought to be bragging about Florida!
It's a hard job to become president.
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.
Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare.
I've built companies, I've created jobs, I know the frustration of small businesses with higher taxes.
