Incoming House Speaker predicts Rick Scott s job incentives dead for the foreseeable future
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Rick Scott s cherished job incentive program is not only dead this year, but will likely be so for years to come, incoming Florida House Speaker
Richard Corcoran told a group in Texas today.
Corcoran acknowledged he was a big reason Scott s proposal for $250 million last year for Enterprise Florida never passed the Legislature and predicted Scott s $85 million request for next year will face a tough fight. Corcoran said the Florida House has a series of conservative leaders in place over the next six years that will not look favorably on future job incentive programs that hand out tax dollars to certain private businesses in exchange for them creating jobs.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is working to make a name for himself, which could be a great thing for the conservative movement. His administration’s response is leading the nation by balancing freedom and disease experience with COVID-19 despite having more elderly per capita than most states in the country. Last Thursday, he announced another first. He is the first Republican governor to take a stand against the growing push for censorship of conservative ideas.
Speaking at an event for the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Texas, in the wake of the social media app Parler being completely shut down by Big Tech, DeSantis said:
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