A.G. Gancarski
With Democrats threatening budget reconciliation if Republicans won’t go along on virus relief, Senators such as Florida’s first-term Rick Scott are wailing about proposed “paybacks” to Democratic politicians in President Joe Biden‘s $1.9 trillion virus aid proposal.
“The Democrats have made it blatantly obvious that this isn’t about helping people – it’s a payback to their friends for helping with their campaigns. Less than two weeks into the Biden Administration and Democrats have already completely abandoned their inauthentic calls for ‘unity’ and ‘bipartisanship’ just to push through massive spending and get tax dollars to their buddies. You can’t make this stuff up,” Scott groused Monday, in an email from his Senate office highlighting a cable news hit the night before.
In an A-block appearance on Fox Report, the Senator from Naples framed Biden’s proposal as a sop to the radical left, suggesting that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is really the driver of the Democrats’ wishlist package.
“This is led by Bernie Sanders, who is now Democratic head of the budget committee,” Scott said, “all his idea of where we should go.”
“Do you think Bernie Sanders cares how big the budget is? How high your taxes are going to have to go? What’s going to happen when we can’t pay off this debt? What’s going to happen to interest expense? No, he doesn’t care. He just wants to spend money,” Scott thundered.
Beyond the invocation of Sanders as the puppet master driving the Biden White House proposal, much of the appearance had a greatest hits quality.
The radical left is “not worried about $27 trillion in debt,” Scott added, and the proposal, including “state bailout” funds specifically to California and New York, is “just a payback to the liberal left.”
Scott also took issue with new money for schools, including $20 billion in a moderate Republican plan advanced.
“We’ve already given $100 billion to schools. In Florida, our schools are open. The CDC says schools can open now,” Scott said, calling that yet another “payback” with “billions and billions and billions more, just a payback to the teacher’s union.”
7 comments
Sonja Fitch
February 1, 2021 at 6:55 am
Lol lol lol I can’t stop laughing everytime I see or hear about something Nazi Rick is doing! Between him and Gaetz and Duffus Desantis, Nazi Rick is working overtime to
Be relevant! Moscow Mitch told you! Nazi Rick is a low life money hungry old white man! Lol lol. Omg you think these folks are sucking each other’s blood 😫😱👹! Lol! 🤣
tjb
February 1, 2021 at 11:15 am
I did not hear Rick Scott complain when the Trump administration passed tax legislation that significantly increased our national debt but reduced his taxes which was essentially free money in his pocket. Now, he is afraid that he will have to pay his share of taxes like most hard working Americans.
Cherra Connor
February 1, 2021 at 12:34 pm
Rick Scott is an traitor . He helped enable the Mad King Trump to incite violence on our capital. He continues to spread false informtion. Not to mention he is a liar and has cheated the people of Florida for years. #RickScottResign Shame on him for spreading lies about our election. He knows better. He just wants power…. Vote him out….
Kate
February 1, 2021 at 2:02 pm
No, Senator Scott- free money is when you steal billions from taxpayers in Medicare fraud, pay yourself a huge salary and severance, and leave your former company to pay a huge fine.
Jabari Morris
February 1, 2021 at 2:12 pm
Thou protesteth too much Sen Scott. You already know the federal debt isn’t an issue because you constantly support tax cuts to the rich and a bloated defense budget. The dollar can be create ad hoc but real resources is what matters. Read this please: https://realprogressives.org/white-paper-modern-monetary-theory-mmt/
Tom
February 1, 2021 at 4:01 pm
Rick Scott is a braying ass.
SANDY OESTREICHS
February 4, 2021 at 4:37 pm
ALMOST ALL COMMENTING HERE SEEM TO FORGET THAT IT IS A REAL TWIST OF FAITH THAT RICK SCOTT IS COMPLAINING ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSES’S CORRUPTION RELATED TO FUNDS STOLEN…..WHEN HE HIMSELF LIED 75 TIMES HIMSELF WHEN RUNNING THAT BIG MEDICARE SCAM WHILE AN OFFICER OF THAT HUGE AMERICAN CORPORATION!! HE STOLE THE LARGEST AMOUNT EVER EVER FROM AMERICAN TAXPAYERS WHO SUPPORT HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ETC! AFTER THAT , HE WAS IMMEDIATELY MADE FLORIDA’S GOVERNOR, NO QUESTIONS ASKED…NOW HE PLANS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT! WE MUST KILL OFF THE KING BEE OF THIS TRASHY GOP RIGHT NOW! HOPING TRUMP LOSES ALL ALL HIS PURPORTED POWER OVER THE NITWIT REPUBLICANS AND THUS OVER ALL THE TREASONOUS GROUPS WHO GREW UNDER HIS PRESIDENCY. IF NOT, WE ARE IN ONE H… OF A FIX AS AMERICANS. WE MUST MUST TOUT BIDEN AND ASK IF WE CAN ALL VOLUNTEER TO HELP HIM OUT BEFORE PRES BIDEN WEARS OUT! OR CAVES IN OUT OF EXHAUSTION!
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