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Rick Scott: “Government's got to get smaller.”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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Sen. Rick Scott Visits Taffer's Tavern and Talks Jobs in 'American Dream at Work' Series

Published | Video Starts at 01:50

They might have turned that corner to success. The regulations today don't stop once, once we're open. They don't care. They don't care. Certain states like California and Minnesota. So business owned, friendly. Government's got to get smaller. Yes. I mean, we're not going to get taxes lower if government gets bigger. If you have revenue, you can fix things, anything. There are no expense problems. (01:50–01:52)

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Asserts that the government needs to reduce in size.

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