Latest / Conversations: Special Guests with Preston Scott / GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Paul Renner Joins Preston

Transcript

GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Paul Renner Joins Preston · Conversations: Special Guests with Preston Scott

• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Good morning, ruminators, and welcome to the second hour. Already Yeah,
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: on the Morning Show with Preston Scott. He's Jose. I'm Preston.
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: It's Friday, April tenth, show fifty five eighty and it's
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: good to be with you. As always, we thank you
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: for sharing time with us, and I'm pleased to share
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: time with our next guest. He has been on the
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: show a few times over the years. First heard him
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: when he was Speaker of the House for the Florida Legislature.
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: Now he's running for Governor Paul Renner.
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: Good morning, sir, how are you, Preston, Good morning?
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: Tell me tell me about kind of how's the campaign going.
• 0:43
  Speaker 2: It's going very very well. You know, there's been now
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: three and only three straw polls released in three different
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: grassroots groups. We've won all three of them, overwhelmingly by
• 0:54
  Speaker 2: more than two to one over Byron Donald's and so
• 0:59
  Speaker 2: we are convinced that when people get a fair comparison,
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: we're going to win this race.
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: You know, it doesn't matter who I have on the show,
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: if they're Florida based, Florida centric, whether it's doctor Bob
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: McClure with the James Madison Institute who I know you
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: know well, even those that are kind of analysts of
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: the session and what hasn't hasn't gotten done. The one
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: word that is common to all of those people is
• 1:22
  Speaker 1: the word affordability. And I know that you're focused on
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: it as well.
• 1:26
  Speaker 2: Absolutely, And you know, when it comes to property taxes,
• 1:30
  Speaker 2: a government should never grow faster than our incomes. But
• 1:32
  Speaker 2: that's exactly what's happened by a significant amount. And so
• 1:36
  Speaker 2: we'll be rolling out a substantial property tax proposal here
• 1:41
  Speaker 2: in the coming days. We're going around the state listening
• 1:45
  Speaker 2: to people to decide and help tweak that and what
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: they would want to see in that proposal, because at
• 1:51
  Speaker 2: the end of the day, we've all got to wind
• 1:53
  Speaker 2: up better off if we're going to undertake that than
• 1:55
  Speaker 2: we did when we started. People have to be happier
• 1:57
  Speaker 2: and most importantly, be able to afford the cost of
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: having a home. It's the most important thing to me
• 2:03
  Speaker 2: from an American dream standpoint, that first time home buyers
• 2:06
  Speaker 2: can afford to get a home, that people on fixed
• 2:08
  Speaker 2: income can afford to keep their home. Neither of those
• 2:11
  Speaker 2: things are happening throughout Florida today, and that's going to
• 2:14
  Speaker 2: change when I'm governor.
• 2:15
  Speaker 1: You know, I applauded Governor to Santas for the bold idea,
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: But quite candidly, I've been proposing that for the twenty
• 2:22
  Speaker 1: five years I've been doing this radio program that people
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: should own their own home when they pay it off.
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: When they pay it off, they should own it. They
• 2:30
  Speaker 1: should own the property that it sits on. So what
• 2:32
  Speaker 1: are the key tenants? I know you're going to go
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: around the state and listen, but what are the key
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: things that you think have to be included in a
• 2:40
  Speaker 1: property tax proposal?
• 2:43
  Speaker 2: Well, I think first to point to home ownership is
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: that homestead owners those that have a principal residence is
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: the place you live, will and most all cases, pay
• 2:54
  Speaker 2: no property taxes, which means every everyday person like you
• 2:58
  Speaker 2: and me will pay no property taxes, not just when
• 3:02
  Speaker 2: they pay off their home, but before then. And we'd
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: like to have that relief to be as immediate as possible.
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: But I also think we don't want to pick winners
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: and losers. We don't want, certainly don't want the local
• 3:13
  Speaker 2: governments to turn around and just say, okay, we'll just
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: tax mom and pop businesses, will tax people who rent
• 3:18
  Speaker 2: their homes are rent their apartment, for example, to make
• 3:21
  Speaker 2: up the difference, and I want to protect those folks
• 3:24
  Speaker 2: as well. So there's going to be broad relief for
• 3:26
  Speaker 2: everyone in the state of Florida. We do that to
• 3:30
  Speaker 2: begin with through savings, because that's what good conservatives should do.
• 3:33
  Speaker 2: Before you raise a dollar of any kind of replacement tax,
• 3:36
  Speaker 2: you should try to squeeze out every dollar that is wasted,
• 3:40
  Speaker 2: every dollar that is engaged in fraud or being spent
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: through fraudulent means. Look for efficiencies and how we do procurement,
• 3:48
  Speaker 2: look for other efficiencies through technology to squeeze down government
• 3:53
  Speaker 2: even leaner than it is today. I guarantee you we
• 3:56
  Speaker 2: can do that even as lean as we are in
• 3:58
  Speaker 2: the state. I think cheapest is not the next cheapest
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: behind New Hampshire. We can squeeze some dollars out of
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: the state government. I'm confident of that, and do that
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: across every place where taxpayer money touches, whether that's universities
• 4:11
  Speaker 2: or anything, anything that has taxpayer money. We need to
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: squeeze that down. So I've talked about, you know, permanent
• 4:16
  Speaker 2: dose rather than rather than just I know the CFO
• 4:19
  Speaker 2: has done a good job and keep him on board,
• 4:22
  Speaker 2: going one hundred miles an hour in every corner of
• 4:24
  Speaker 2: the state, saving us some money. That's the first place
• 4:27
  Speaker 2: to start.
• 4:32
  Speaker 1: Go to his website Vote Renner r E n n
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: e er dot com learn more about the campaign for
• 4:38
  Speaker 1: governor for Paul Renner served in the United States Navy. Again,
• 4:42
  Speaker 1: as always, thank you for your service, Paul to our country.
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: What would you say is the big issue behind property
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: tax reform that needs to be addressed here in Florida.
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's just that people can't enjoy Florida
• 4:58
  Speaker 2: and afford to live here anymore. People that are working
• 5:02
  Speaker 2: to have to live an hour hour and a half
• 5:03
  Speaker 2: away to go to their job, and they're not making
• 5:05
  Speaker 2: a lot of money to start with. And so we've
• 5:07
  Speaker 2: been a victim of our success. Let me say that upfront.
• 5:10
  Speaker 2: I was part of that as an architect of the
• 5:12
  Speaker 2: Free State of Florida with Governor de Santas in building
• 5:15
  Speaker 2: what is a magnet for people from out of state.
• 5:17
  Speaker 2: But let's shift a little bit of the burden to
• 5:20
  Speaker 2: those people that are coming in from out of state
• 5:22
  Speaker 2: tourists of the other people, and make sure that people
• 5:25
  Speaker 2: that make their living here, that work here, that have
• 5:28
  Speaker 2: their home here get the benefit of this reform. And
• 5:32
  Speaker 2: that is where I'm aiming. That is the core principle
• 5:35
  Speaker 2: that I'm aiming to hit to make it a little
• 5:37
  Speaker 2: bit more affordable to live here in the great state
• 5:39
  Speaker 2: of Florida.
• 5:40
  Speaker 1: What's the line, what's the line between what the private
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: sector needs to do through capitalism and what the government
• 5:46
  Speaker 1: needs to do through good policy.
• 5:49
  Speaker 2: Well, the private sector creates all wealth. Government creates nothing
• 5:53
  Speaker 2: when it comes to wealth. But government should tighten its belt,
• 5:56
  Speaker 2: and again it should not have a windfall when we're
• 5:58
  Speaker 2: all struggling to pay our bills and so on the
• 6:00
  Speaker 2: property tax front, that's a clear lever to pull where
• 6:04
  Speaker 2: we can tighten up the belt both at the state
• 6:06
  Speaker 2: level too and the local level to free up some
• 6:09
  Speaker 2: dollars to make this tax reform work. And then in
• 6:13
  Speaker 2: other areas. You know, to your point is the private sector,
• 6:16
  Speaker 2: by providing better, higher wage jobs, can help us out
• 6:19
  Speaker 2: of the supportability situation. And so we've got to be
• 6:22
  Speaker 2: investing in our K twelve. Our university is making sure
• 6:24
  Speaker 2: they're nimble, they're effective, they're excellent, so that kids who
• 6:28
  Speaker 2: graduate from a school here have something meaningful and can
• 6:31
  Speaker 2: get a great job, Paul.
• 6:33
  Speaker 1: I'll let you go here to whatever extent you want to.
• 6:36
  Speaker 1: I have spoken pretty loudly and clearly about the fact
• 6:41
  Speaker 1: that Islam as a religion, as a faith, is incompatible
• 6:45
  Speaker 1: with our constitution. Anyone who is a practicing Islamist and
• 6:49
  Speaker 1: believes in the writings of the Qur'an, which I studied
• 6:52
  Speaker 1: for many years, knows and understands that you cannot be
• 6:57
  Speaker 1: a practicing Islamist and be supportive of the United States Constitution.
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: I don't think they should be allowed to run for
• 7:04
  Speaker 1: office if you're in Islamist. I don't believe they should
• 7:08
  Speaker 1: be allowed to run for any elected office anywhere in
• 7:10
  Speaker 1: the country, let alone in the state of Florida. How
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: do we protect Florida from what we're seeing happen in
• 7:16
  Speaker 1: New York and Michigan and in other parts of the country.
• 7:21
  Speaker 2: Well, the words you use are exactly the words I
• 7:23
  Speaker 2: use just a few weeks ago, and there's not any
• 7:26
  Speaker 2: people running for office that I'm aware of that have
• 7:28
  Speaker 2: been that clear cut. People talk about Shria law, I'm
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: not sure they even understand what that means. But I
• 7:33
  Speaker 2: agree with you, and it's not a statement of animosity,
• 7:35
  Speaker 2: And I know it's not for you. It's a statement
• 7:36
  Speaker 2: of fact. Is that as a system, it is incompatible
• 7:40
  Speaker 2: with the American constitutional order and the American way of life.
• 7:43
  Speaker 2: And the example I use is if one out of
• 7:46
  Speaker 2: a thousand Muslims that come into this country are Islamist
• 7:50
  Speaker 2: and follow those tenants and cause the death of innocent American,
• 7:55
  Speaker 2: isn't that one too many? Are you willing to allow
• 7:58
  Speaker 2: another thousand, another ten thousand, other one hundred thousand, a
• 8:00
  Speaker 2: million into this country? We have five hundred thousand and
• 8:03
  Speaker 2: a half a million Muslims in the state of Florida.
• 8:05
  Speaker 2: Today they're calling Dearborn Tampa the new Dearborn, which of
• 8:09
  Speaker 2: course is a majority Muslim community in Michigan. And we
• 8:12
  Speaker 2: know that they create enclaves. There are no go zones
• 8:16
  Speaker 2: in Europe. We don't have to speculate. We can look
• 8:17
  Speaker 2: at the nations of Europe and what's happening there where
• 8:19
  Speaker 2: women can be attacked and their attacker is never investigated
• 8:25
  Speaker 2: in these no go zones in an area they grew
• 8:27
  Speaker 2: up in. And so fundamentally I agree with you. I've
• 8:30
  Speaker 2: been saying it loudly. People have opened up to this threat,
• 8:33
  Speaker 2: and so as Governor I will restrict and prevent any
• 8:36
  Speaker 2: of these go zones. We'll do everything we can legally,
• 8:40
  Speaker 2: will challenge existing precedents. I love the bill that the
• 8:44
  Speaker 2: governor just signed. We need to cut off HB one.
• 8:47
  Speaker 2: You know I was a champion for school choice funding.
• 8:48
  Speaker 2: We're not going to give that to people that are
• 8:50
  Speaker 2: teaching these radical concepts. We're going to shut down any
• 8:53
  Speaker 2: slaughterhouses that don't meet our standards. We're going to make
• 8:56
  Speaker 2: sure there are not enclaves in our state. We're going
• 8:58
  Speaker 2: to make sure that CARE and Muslim Brotherhood are not
• 9:01
  Speaker 2: only designated terrorist organizations, but we're going to put the
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: full force of government behind preventing them from setting up shop.
• 9:09
  Speaker 2: And because we know they have terrorist ties and having
• 9:12
  Speaker 2: those activities here in our state, I will do everything
• 9:15
  Speaker 2: possible to protect our citizens. And again, I'm not willing
• 9:19
  Speaker 2: to let another thousand in the state if that means
• 9:22
  Speaker 2: that one of them, just one, and I think it's
• 9:23
  Speaker 2: more than that, but if just one would harm a
• 9:26
  Speaker 2: single innocent Floridian.
• 9:28
  Speaker 1: Paul, thanks very much for the time this morning. Look
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: forward to having you back in the future. Thank you, sir,
• 9:33
  Speaker 1: Paul Renner, and again the website vote renner dot com.
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: If you want to learn more,