Reuters last night announced that the new bugdet proposed by Tea Party backed Governor Rick Scott would cut $5 billion dollars worth of spending, along with some taxes, in order to close his state's $4 billion dollar deficit. Most of the cuts are in medicaid and state pension plans.
In his interview with CNN, the governor called it the 7-7-7 plan, explaining: "7 steps to 700,000 jobs over 7 years."
Rick Scott had already announced this plan on his campaign website, before becoming governor.
The number 700,000, as several reporters discovered, is not literal. Even according to Rick Scott's own estimate, there will be 665,000 jobs created by his plan. From that article 'We asked about the discrepancy and Scott says he rounded up. His reason: It sounds better to say he has “seven steps for 700,000 jobs in seven years."'
In any case, it appears definite that the budget cuts are real.
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