“Floridians know better. They know the last recession was global in scope and crippled Florida because our economy was so dependent upon housing and construction. If Scott is going to blame Crist and Sink for that recession, he better be prepared to also blame the speaker of the Florida House at the time, Marco Rubio, and the majority whip of the Legislature, who Scott chose as his lieutenant governor. Scott’s attempt to take credit for a jobs rebound is, likewise, silly. That’s because while our unemployment rate has decreased, Florida’s job numbers always follow the national economy and even the global economy because so much of our tourism is indexed to the consumer confidence of our nearly 100 million annual visitors. When folks in Oklahoma or Berlin feel like they have money to spend on vacation, lines at Disney and Universal swell. So who gets the credit? Are banks lending more because of Rick Scott’s campaign tweets or because the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy has kept interest rates low? Did his gimmicks stabilize the toxic mortgage crisis or was it the $1 trillion in mortgage-backed securities provided by the federal government? Is Rick Scott actually taking credit for the stock market roaring back and the stability in the national housing market?” contextflorida/dan-gelber-scott-is-trying-to-dupe-voters-about-his-supposed-accomplishments/
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:23:31 +0000
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