ORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is running for a second term next year and will continue to push his much-maligned “Rescue America” plan.
The Florida Republican senator had a rough year in 2022 after getting blowback from Democrats and also some Republicans over the controversial plan, which initially called for poor people and retirees who don’t pay income tax to begin paying them to have some “skin in the game.”
Scott backtracked on that part of his proposal, but told NBC News he was sticking to the rest of it, which includes calls to require reauthorization of all legislation after five years (including funding for Social Security and Medicare), cut the IRS by 50%, and impose restrictions on voting.
