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Rick Scott: “The postal office, I've been up here seven years, it never…”

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

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'Why Wouldn't They Want You To Make Money?': Rick Scott Asks Postmaster General About USPS Regulator

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

So if you, if you couldn't get any more money out of the government, all right, and they, and we didn't let you borrow more money because if you borrow more money, ultimately what's, you know what that's going to happen. The postal office, I've been up here seven years, it never makes money. So it's, they'll come ask for a bailout. Right? So, so, so we're not fixing anything. Nothing's getting. There's no real solution here. (00:23–00:27)

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Asserts that the postal office has not been profitable in the seven years he has been in office.

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