Comments on: Scott’s Budget Proposal Under Heavy Scrutiny

By: dad

dad — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:38:12 +0000

Scott said he was going to do these things during the election. Didn’t anyone listen?

By: ProudArmyParent

ProudArmyParent — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:02:08 +0000

Everett,
I already exercised my right to vote, but unfortunately it was heard. And if I have to wait 4 years to do it again to get him out of office it may be too late for our state by them. Let’s just call him “Tricky Ricky”! He got himself elected by a slight of hands. It was look over here I’ll take care of that bad septic tank law if you just elect me, now he is slitting our throats with that vote! I’m predicted he adds something very on to the law that rids us of septic tank inspections every 5 yrs. Isn’t that how all politicians do it ,add on the pork so nothing can be done about it.

By: You Who

You Who — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:09:21 +0000

I’m still wondering why a man would spend $75+ millions of his own money just to become Governor. We already see the increase in spending in his office but what else. He’s got to make $75+million back just to break even and don’t think for a moment that he is not thinking about that. The RICH is always thinking of how to get RICHER and most likely it will be on the backs of the working man/woman. You can bet on that!!!

By: Country girl

Country girl — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:19:25 +0000

This budget really has me worried. As a State worker for 27 yrs, I barely make enough to make ends meet now. My W-2 for 2010 showed I earned almost 25,000.00. That may sound like a lot to some people, but when you have a disabled husband and 2 school age children, it isn’t. Now Gov. Scott wants to take another 5% of our pay, cut positions, while giving his office an increase to their budget. I haven’t had a raise in 5 yrs. My health insurance goes up every year. My family doesn’t qualify for any type of assistance, because I work fulltime. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I sure hope that the legislative committees will consider what will happen to those of us that are already struggleing to survive.

By: xpeecee

xpeecee — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:20:27 +0000

I do not know whether or not Governor Scott will do all the right things, while in office. I do know, however, that this country is living way above our means. If we are going to survive, as a country, we must live within our means. This means we must cut the budget and keep cutting until we can afford it. I am sure that I will not agree on each and every point in the way this is done. But I can see that it MUST be done. Let’s give him a chance. If he can’t do it – or will not do it – let’s vote him out of office………..

The message was clear in the last election:
* We don’t want socialism
* We dont want more government
* We don’t want more taxes (as in septic tank inspections)
* We don’t want illegal aliens getting a free ride
* We don’t want more gun control
* We don’t want to depart from the Christian principals that our country was founded upon
For those who didn’t get the message – – – vote them out!

By: Jane Hayes

Jane Hayes — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:25:47 +0000

Read the budget for yourself and see where the cuts are and more expenditures are. All I have heard is we better not cut the prison budget. And why the governors budget go up? Go read all the minutia.. I am not through reading yet and I confess some I don't entirely understand because I am not familiar enough, but most of it seems pretty on point so far. http://letsgettowork.state.fl.us/

By: MISS K

MISS K — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:35:48 +0000

Ok first of all i can not even believe that people voted for this lunatic. He is not going to do anything but run Florida in the ground. I work in the prison and let me tell u that it is already bad. If he starts cutting jobs and money, we are going to have more than a bad financial situation on our hands. As for education, I’m sorry but i thought we were trying to educate our children. If he starts cutting money from education, who is going to educate our children? The teachers already don’t make any money. This is ludicrous!! How about instead of him trying to cut all this money from our budget, he can just give us the money he embezzled.

By: Everett

Everett — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:03:31 +0000

I certainly do not agree in cutting law enforcement in any way shape or form from FHP to prisons. I do agree in lowering the drivers license fee as the state has drivers over the barrel on that item. He wants to cut 8000 jobs so we that work pay for the newly umeployed to collect 99 weeks of un-employment.

I agree with his statement concerning “you can’t spend it unless you have it to spend”.

The state spends over 1 billion dollars in taking care of illegal’s. A single illegal mother can get a social security card. If she has children she can collect up to $1500.00 per child per month. Try crossng into mexico and doing that. You will get a bus ride and a kick in the pants back into the US.

A good work to eat program may be an an idea. No work, no eat.

The population of this state gets larger every year.

Give this govenor a chance. He has some good ideas. If you are not happy exercise your right to vote and vote him out in 4 years.

It could be worse in that we could have the situation that egypt has had over the last 30 years and most recently.

We live in the greatest nation on the planet. We are going to have to pull up our boot straps and tighten our belts to get through this. We can do this. You just have to want it bad enough to stick with it.