Gov. Rick Scott Suggests Business Regulation and Corporate Tax Cuts Instead of Second Stimulus

Instead of a second stimulus from the White House, Gov. Rick Scott said the federal government should lower corporate taxes and cut business regulations.

When asked on Monday about President Obamas $447 billion jobs plan, which the White House has promoted as pumping $7.5 billion into Florida, Scott instead offered two suggestions.

One: We cant have the second highest corporate tax in the world and expect people to flock here to our country to build jobs, Scott said.

Second, we have to address regulations. Were addressing it here, as you all know. Weve changed the outlook in our state. Were sitting down with business people and trying to understand what regulations we need and what we dont, and the federal government needs to do the exact same thing.

As for the question of whether Florida should accept or reject any or all of the money if the White House package is approved by Congress, Scott left that unanswered.

According to White House projections, Florida could get $1.28 billion for school construction and $1.58 billion for highway, rail and aviation work.