Politics

Whose Jobs Plan Works Best for Florida?

Economists rate Sink and Scott proposals to boost employment -- and come up with slightly different scores

By: Kenric Ward | Posted: September 4, 2010 12:05 PM

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With Florida's 11.6 percent unemployment rate among the highest in the nation, gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott are under pressure to deliver what the Obama administration hasn't: private-sector jobs.

Democrat Sink and Republican Scott have each issued slick outlines of their economic programs.

Scott, campaigning under the banner, "Let's Get to Work," calls his "7-7-7 Plan" a seven-point agenda that will create 700,000 jobs in seven years.

Sink titles her agenda "A Business Plan to Revitalize Our Economy and Put Floridians Back to Work." She has not specified how many jobs her plan would create.

As Floridians celebrate Labor Day weekend and the traditional start of the fall political season, Sunshine State News asked two leading university economists to review and rate the candidates' job plans. We also asked business, labor and think-tank representatives to weigh in.

Tags: AFSCME, Alex Sink, David Denslow, Dominic Calabro, Doug Martin, employment, Florida Manufacturers Association, Florida Tax Watch, J. Robert McClure, James Madison Institute, jobs, Nancy Stephens, News, Randall Holcombe, Rick Scott, Politics

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LDouglas

8:05PM SEP 5TH 2010

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