Video: Gov. Rick Scott Calls for Tax Cuts
Governor Rick Scott says his proposal to eliminate sales taxes on manufacturing equipment will create jobs and help businesses grow.
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Governor Rick Scott shared his Building Up Florida Manufacturing Jobs proposal at a St. Petersburg manufacturer Thursday afternoon.
“Manufacturing is a vital part of Florida’s economy and companies like Plasma-Therm play an important role in providing jobs and opportunities. Today there are 17,500 manufacturing companies in Florida that that employ over 300,000 Florida families," Scott said.
Scott says his proposal will eliminate a barrier for small manufacturing companies and create jobs in Florida.
“At Plasma-Therm we support Governor Scott’s initiative to cut sales taxes on manufacturing equipment,” said Ed Ostan, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Plasma-Therm.
“Additional revenue that would be created through tax cuts could be channeled to our R&D budget and in turn, create jobs even faster than we can today. It will allow us to re-invest a large percentage of our revenue each year in research for the development of new products. This development enables us to be competitive in the global market and fosters continued growth. As we grow, jobs are created in manufacturing, science, engineering and finance,” Ostan said.
Plasma-Therm is a U.S. based manufacturer of etch and thin film deposition equipment for a number of global compound semiconductor and related specialty markets. For more than 35 years, they have enabled various process technologies by coupling reliable platforms with award-winning service. They hold over 37 patents for innovation in plasma process technologies.
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JDMcC
9:22 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Make sure you steal an equal amount of money from the state university system or our public schools so you can hand it all over to your corporate patrons just like you and your corrupt cronies in the legislature did last year, Rick.
Jack Sprat
10:33 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
I agree. Let's simplify our lives and get rid of all corporations. Send the corporations to China, India, even Pakistan. We don't need no stinkin' corporations in our country, certainly not in Florida!
We need free schools for all, free cell phones, free food, free housing, free health care, no mortgages - cancel all of them, and free gas too! Or at least free electric cars and free electricity. And we need that $2 Billion train to Clearwater so we can ride the train to work for free. Oops, I meant to the beach, we won't have to go to work if everything is free and all the corporations are gone.
I just thought of something - if we don't have to work, then we won't have to pay taxes! Now there's a thought....we could be like all the rich people who don't pay their fair share and sit on the beach all day.
All we have to do is get rid of the evil Rick Scott and all his corrupt cronies and the greedy corporations. We'll be just fine, thank you.