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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Capital Soup: Pink Slip Rick make ludicrous claim about helping avoid the government shutdown

April 11, 2011
 Proposed Florida high speed rail system
 
Tallahassee, FL -– Rock Scott says the government found $1.5 billion worth of taxpayer money exactly where Governor Rick Scott left it: in the high speed rail proposal. Scott said:

I am proud to have brought this waste to the attention of those in Washington,” Governor Rick Scott stated in response to the news. “These funds should either be returned to taxpayers as tax cuts or applied to reducing the burden that our national debt is passing to future generations.


The final continuing resolution from Congress will include a $1.5 billion reduction in funds for high speed rail. Governor Scott rejected $2.4 billion for the project in Florida.

The continuing resolution will have to have to be worked out in a joint committee between the House and the Senate. 

Democrat Bill Nelson is trying to keep the high speed rail funding alive by working around Rick Scott. The program was expected to create between 115,00 and 230,000 new jobs. 


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