Gov. Scott proposes spending cuts, lower taxes

[The Northerner]

EUSTIS – At a highly partisan tea-party event, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his first budget proposal that makes good on his promises to slash the size and spending of government.

Scott proposed spending almost $66 billion - $4.6 billion less next budget year compared to this year. Scott also wants to eliminate nearly 8,700 state positions, many of them filled by current state workers.

Though cutting those state jobs would add to the state’s unemployment rate, Scott indicated that the best way to grow the state’s economy was through his “jobs budget,” which shrinks state government and cuts property and corporate-income taxes by nearly 1.4 billion.

“As long as 1.1 million Floridians are out of work, we can't afford a government that runs wild with taxes, regulations and excessive spending,” Scott told the enthusiastic crowd of a 1,000 conservative activists.

“Reviewing a governmental budget is much like going through the attic in an old home. You come across some priceless things you need to protect,” Scott said. “But there are a lot of odd things someone once thought we needed. Much of it we’ve outgrown. And it just doesn’t fit anymore. Over the last month, I’ve spent a lot of time in that attic. And I’m cleaning it out.”

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/07/2054753/gov-scott-to-unveil-budget-with.html

[COLGATE4]

1. Another Rethug asshole gets to try out his half-assed 'theories'

on how to 'fix' the economy. God help us here in Florida.

[Denninmi]

2. Ah, all of those tax cuts.

Hope it works out as well for him as it did for the teabagger county Exec on Long Island -- the county most likely will go into receivership because of his tax cuts at a time of budget troubles.