Florida Democrats Slam Rick Scott’s Plan to End Social Security on the Program’s 89th Anniversary

Scott’s Plan Would Threaten the Livelihoods of 4 Million Florida Seniors

Today, on the 89th anniversary of Social Security being signed into law, the Florida Democratic Party released the following statement on Rick Scott’s signature plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know them: 

“Floridians are facing an affordability crisis, yet Rick Scott wrote the plan to rip away the benefits that seniors worked their entire lives for,” said Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried. “Scott’s plan would be disastrous for four million seniors who rely on Social Security to pay for food, housing, and healthcare. Florida seniors can’t afford Rick Scott in the Senate and will hold him accountable in November.” 

What to know about Rick Scott’s record of working to enrich himself while Florida seniors pay the price: 

Rick Scott’s signature plan to end Social Security and Medicare as we know them would spike costs for seniors and families and rip away hard-earned benefits. 

• Mitch McConnell on Rick Scott’s disastrous signature plan: “A bad idea.”

Rick Scott plans to raise taxes on the middle class while lowering taxes for corporations and the wealthy, like himself. 

• Fox News: “…that would raise taxes on half of Americans and potentially sunset programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.”
• Scott’s plan would raise taxes on 40% of Floridians, including working families and active-duty military. 
• Gainesville Sun: “Florida Gov. Rick Scott was in Washington this week not to seek to improve the legislation for most Floridians, but to fight for the tax cuts benefiting a small sliver of the state population — including himself.”