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AFP Cheers Tax Cuts, Opposes Rick Scott's Call for More Enterprise Florida Funds

Fiscal conservative group Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Florida chapter weighed in after Gov. Rick Scott gave his State of the State address on Tuesday. Chris Hudson, AFP’s director in Florida, cheered Scott’s call for more tax cuts but continued to oppose the governor’s proposal to send $250 million to Enterprise Florida. 

“While it was encouraging to hear calls for the legislature to focus on cutting taxes and improving the business climate, I was left wondering who that was as I was watching the dais,” Hudson said. “During last year’s State of the State address, Gov. Scott boldly announced his supposed belief that taxpayers are the best investors of their own dollars. Yet just one year later, he has introduced a plan that will pick winners and losers by investing a quarter of a billion dollars in various private businesses. Gov. Scott and the Legislature would do well to remember that government is not a bank, and that the hardworking taxpayers of this state do not approve of such wasteful spending practices. The governor and the Legislature have done yeoman’s work in enacting broad-based tax cuts, reexamining Florida’s regulatory environment, and keeping Florida at number one when it comes to education innovation. These efforts have done more to advance prosperity and entrepreneurship in our state than tax credits and loopholes ever could. Government doesn’t create jobs. It creates an atmosphere to empower the entrepreneurial spirit.”

Hudson had kind words for the leaders of the Legislature: Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island.

“I am encouraged by the announcements made in the Senate chamber,” Hudson said. “Floridians should be pleased to hear about President Gardiner’s commitment to continuing to find areas to cut taxes.

“Speaker Crisafulli’s call to legislators to leave a better Florida to our kids is spot on,” Hudson added. “We will work with the House to pursue an aggressive reform agenda that includes eliminating unnecessary regulations, cutting taxes, and pushing for innovative health care and education policy.”

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