Even though Rick Scott signed on to tuition hikes in the past, now that he's desperate to get reelected, he wants you to believe that he's against them now. So much so that he's now referring to the recent hikes he vetoed as "tax increases."
He's also looking for small donations these days rather than just large check dumps from his favorite corporate welfare recipients, so he's now also appealing to "Florida families" to get the job done:
Scott’s Let’s Get to Work fund-raising committee issued a blast email urging contributors to give at least $10 to “join us in fighting the newest tax increase on Florida families — rising tuition.” Scott’s committee has raised $4.8 million already this year, mostly from big donors.
But in recent weeks Let’s Get to Work has taken a tactical turn and has begun drawing small scale contributions from close to 400 individuals.
The rising army of grassroots givers may be part of an effort to cast the poll-challenged governor in a more favorable light, while building a volunteer base for next year’s campaign.
In other words, take some of what you'll presumably save in tuition hikes and hand it over to Scott who has only your best interests at heart. Also, he thinks you're stupid.
As if it weren't bad enough that he's been playing a shell game with education funding since day one. He's also stood by while families who can't afford health care and insurance languish a few more years, signed legislation allowing insurance companies free reign on what they charge for families who do have health insurance, and letting them falsely claim ObamaCare is at fault for the increases. Most of any jobs he's created are low wage jobs, and if you're unemployed, he's cut your benefits and demanded that you take a drug test before you can draw benefits in the first place. He also took revenge on your election choices by making it harder for you to vote, and was forced to restore some of what he took away there too.
Those are just a few of the ways Scott "supports" Florida families, but the list goes on and on.
Yet now you're supposed to forget all that, send him some of that dwindling income, and maybe get out the vote for him in your spare time?
For someone who no doubt will campaign against potential candidate Charlie Crist as a "flip-flopper," no one has made heads spin faster than Rick Scott.
Did I also mention he would like you to send money?
