RPOF: Democrats Rejected Obama's Business Vow to Attack Scott

The Republican Party of Florida says Florida Democrats wasted little time discarding President Obamas campaign stance to aid small businesses in order to jump on Gov. Rick Scotts tax cut proposal.

Barack Obama campaigned on the promise of cutting taxes for middle-class families, but just two days after the election, Florida Democrats announce they oppose a middle-class tax cut for small-business owners, RPOF Executive Director Mike Grissom stated in a release.

It took less than 48 hours for the Democratic Party to abandon one of Barack Obama's most important campaign promises.

Scott announced on Thursday he intends to push to further raise the exemption threshold on taxable income to $75,000, which would give about 2,000 small businesses an out from the tax.

Florida Democratic Party Executive Director Scott Arceneaux criticized Scotts proposal as a give-away to special interests that will reduce funding for public schools.

These are the wrong priorities to grow our economy; they are the wrong priorities to move our state forward, and they are the same failed ideas that are out of touch with Florida's values and have been rejected by Florida's citizens," Arceneaux stated.

State Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek, without suggesting tax increases, later added that boosting the economy requires more than simply making tax breaks for corporations.

Its hard to see how Governor Scotts latest tax-cut proposal will match with his recent boasts of improving education. Rick Scotts newfound interest in education is long overdue and welcome, but it comes after years of drastic cuts to public schools by the Republican-led Legislature. I am hopeful that Rick Scotts newfound awareness of our states education needs is not just lip service and political savvy.

Floridians have given our states leadership direction on what they consider important. Some tax-cut proposals placed on the 2012 general election ballot by Republican legislators failed to earn the necessary threshold for approval. With these votes, I think Floridians are saying that they expect a high level of services from local government and they wont fall prey to the political rhetoric and bumper sticker policies of the states Republican leadership.