THINKPROGRESS: After Promising To Focus On Jobs, Gov. Rick Scott Signals He'll Reject Billions Of Dollars From Obama Jobs Plan

Source: Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress Top economic analysts have weighed in with positive reviews of President Obama's recently unveiled jobs plan to spur job creation. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, predicted that Obama's "American Jobs Act" will likely add 1.9 million jobsand grow the economy by 2 percent. Meanwhile, the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute reported that it would boost employment by around 4.3 million jobs, with 2.6 million jobs coming from new initiatives alone. But Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) and other [...]