CPAC interview: Florida Governor Rick Scott
posted at 12:00 pm on February 12, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
The Republican National Convention will take place in Tampa, Florida this year, but Governor Rick Scott got a head start on conservative organizing with an appearance at CPAC this week. I interviewed Scott yesterday and asked how his plans to revitalize Florida’s economy have progressed, and Scott outlines the ways in which Florida’s economy has rebounded, thanks to lower taxes and less regulation after his election. The governor and I also discuss his decision to refuse federal funds for a high-speed rail line that Scott says was both unnecessary and too expensive, noting that Florida’s current high-speed rail solution requires 5/6ths of the costs to be subsidized. We compare these outcomes to those in states that went in different directions … such as Illinois:
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Son of Foodtruck Thread.
Bishop on May 8, 2013 at 7:22 PM
No Erika, I’m pretty sure the fact that New York is one of the most expensive/crowded cities in the country accounts for its slow growth
nonpartisan on May 8, 2013 at 7:24 PM
So they are illegals ?
How do they pay their taxes then ?
burrata on May 8, 2013 at 7:30 PM
…Spark Plug is going to be upset!
KOOLAID2 on May 8, 2013 at 7:32 PM
…ask noforeskin…he’s a genius!
KOOLAID2 on May 8, 2013 at 7:33 PM
Liberal dumphole where the populace allows their elected mayor to decide what size sodas they can drink has egregious conflicting regulations? Wow, that is big news.
Bishop on May 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM
Just offer mobile abortion services along with the culinary delights and the regulations will disappear.
Be wary of any trucks serving dumplings though….
rw on May 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM
…woah!….1st…..I was almost going to warn you!
KOOLAID2 on May 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM
Return of Food Truck Thread and a true Bishop.
Anyone seen Pookie?
wolfsDad on May 8, 2013 at 7:35 PM
Yes, because food trucks are central to economic prosperity and innovation. But don’t worry, Wall Street will come up with some new, highly ‘innovative’ derivative products to instigate another financial crisis. It’s only a matter of time before innovation is on the way…
bayam on May 8, 2013 at 7:36 PM
SparkPlug has some explaining to do!
Axe on May 8, 2013 at 7:38 PM
Fort Worth has a food truck park. Different trucks all the time, picnic tables, live music, restrooms, and beer. It’s awesome!
txhsmom on May 8, 2013 at 7:40 PM
A wild Food Truck Thread appeareth.
tom daschle concerned on May 8, 2013 at 7:42 PM
I put out a contract on myself.
Bishop on May 8, 2013 at 7:43 PM
Hard to start a food truck business; even harder to find an affordable place to live, there, as if anyone would want to.
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PatriotGal2257 on May 8, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Pardon my being comma happy.
PatriotGal2257 on May 8, 2013 at 7:47 PM
…the jacka$$…is braying EVERYWHERE today!
KOOLAID2 on May 8, 2013 at 7:50 PM
Another big problem in NYC that benefits the connected is rent control. If they did away with it, the property values would sink with all the added stock in the mix. It could even out eventually, but why take the chance when you can pay off the city council and stay safe?
PattyJ on May 8, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Funny most of those food truck owners work harder and have been more innovative than you can ever dream of being.
CW on May 8, 2013 at 7:51 PM
ProgTard RegulaterTards OverDrive OverLoad RegulationNazi’s!!
canopfor on May 8, 2013 at 7:57 PM
Institute for Justice has been on this case in many cities:
http://ij.org/search?searchword=food+truck
JimK on May 8, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Pardon my being comma happy.
PatriotGal2257 on May 8, 2013 at 7:47 PM
PatriotGal12257:
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WELCOME,to the X-TRA COMMA’S,are,okay TOO, DIVISION—————:O
(laughing with ya)-:)
canopfor on May 8, 2013 at 8:01 PM
So, the funny thing is that sounds like it would fit right in with standard labor logic.
Count to 10 on May 8, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Overregulation that stifles competition and adds artificial costs tends to cause prices to rise.
forest on May 8, 2013 at 8:05 PM
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PatriotGal2257 on May 8, 2013 at 7:44 PM
PatriotGal2257:This comes to memory.:)
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Rent Is Too Damn High Party Debate
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canopfor on May 8, 2013 at 8:06 PM
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canopfor on May 8, 2013 at 8:07 PM
Here in the Texas oil patch, there have also been food truck controversies, mainly over the battle between brick-and-mortar restaurants and the trucks they see as stealing their customers (though the trucks do most of their business by opening before sunrise to cater to the early-morning breakfast crowd). For now, the answer’s been to not kick them out, but to make sure they have both their health permits and are remitting sales taxes locally (one food truck was doing land office business, but their sales tax permit was for a town 75 miles away. So that city was getting the local share of the state’s 8 1/4 percent take without a single item being sold inside its borders).
jon1979 on May 8, 2013 at 8:14 PM
I put out a contract on myself.
Bishop on May 8, 2013 at 7:43 PM
Bishop:Were you smart enough to include the Bunker location!
Runs Like Hell!
(sarc):)
canopfor on May 8, 2013 at 8:20 PM
There is also the fact that the concentration of rich liberals is so large there that they have a significant effect on to kinds of goods are available and competitive. So, it’s a fairly cheap place to find luxury goods, but an expensive place to find staples.
Count to 10 on May 8, 2013 at 8:33 PM
OMG
CW on May 8, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Food truck threads rock.
TitularHead on May 8, 2013 at 9:46 PM
NYC…..IRONY headquarters of America!
The Media and elitists there make fun of the hicks and hayseeds with no brains yet….they have the cities that are headed headlong into bankruptcy, are killing their local economy, and elect the dumbest of the dumb political leaders devoid of common sense………and for the cherry on top…….they don’t even connect the dots.
Ugh!!
PappyD61 on May 8, 2013 at 10:08 PM
Democratic policy hurting their illegal sacred cows? What a surprise!
thuja on May 9, 2013 at 8:48 AM
The problem with food trucks is that they squat on public property as part of their business model. Brick and mortar restaurants aren’t restricted by what they put outside on the sidewalks surrounding their locations yet pay property taxes (either directly or indirectly through rent) that benefit the city. Food carts take over the sidewalks yet don’t have to pay property taxes because they don’t have fixed locations.
blammm on May 9, 2013 at 9:54 AM
“NYC also hating on innovation,”…Hating on? Really? Has ebonics gone mainstream now?
rjh on May 9, 2013 at 11:18 AM
I think the worthless wind mills of death can be retired.
pat on May 12, 2013 at 3:07 AM