Rick Scott Urges Massachusetts Businesses to Head to Florida

Gov. Rick Scott is looking to lure jobs from Massachusetts to Florida. On Thursday, Scott released a letter to business leaders in the Bay State in which he urged them to examine the possibility of relocating to Florida.

Floridas economic formula is working. While Floridas unemployment rate has seen the second largest drop in the country, Massachusetts June unemployment rate increased to the highest since November 2011, Scott said in a statement on Thursday. While Florida ranks fifth in the nation for our business tax climate, Massachusetts is stuck at No. 22, according to the Tax Foundation. Its bound to get worse in Massachusetts, as just last week we saw them raise taxes on gasoline and even computer services.