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Sancho

(9,067 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 06:14 PM Oct 2014

Gov. Scott's incentive-based jobs program still falling short of promises

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/gov-scotts-incentive-based-jobs-program-still-falling-short-of-promises/2201588

"TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott has used tax breaks and other incentives to attract tens of thousands of new jobs to Florida, but after nearly four years, most of the jobs still don't exist, according to state records.
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That's even the case for promises made early in Scott's term. During 2011, the administration made deals on 87 projects that promised 9,290 jobs, but three years later, as of August, the number of jobs created was 1,223, or 13 percent of the total."

The WORST governor ever!

Now let's get the word out...from Florida to Wisconsin to Kansas to New Jersey. The GOP Governors are wrong. They are job killers and economy destroyers!!

If you know someone who isn't voting, or someone who is on the fence, or even someone who wants to argue - then get them to the polls. The numbers are in...

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