Rick Scott Slams Obamacare and Cheers Florida's Economy

Gov. Rick Scott hit the national airwaves on Thursday, appearing on Fox Business Network to showcase Floridas economy and to take aim at President Barack Obamas health care law.

Floridas going to continue to do well because we have lower taxes, we have less regulation, Scott said as he pointed to companies continuing to invest in Florida. Weve got the expansion of the Panama Canal. Were the gateway to Latin America. But the country is going to hurt, unless we get less taxes out of the federal government, less regulation out of the federal government. Its all those things the federal government is doing that are hurting jobs. We are continuing to prosper because[of] no income tax, a right-to-work state, the gateway to Latin America. Look at our weather. People want to be in our state.

Scott also cited education gains in Florida and contrasted how the state government was handling the economy to the federal government.

Were going to continue to win but the federal government has got to change, Scott said. We need lower taxes out of the federal government, less regulation, less Obamacare. We need to have changed a federal government. But Florida, were doing great.