The Republican senator from Florida Rick Scott once again criticized socialism on Wednesday, using Cuba as an example of what he views as the failure of that model.
If socialism worked, everyone would want to move to Havana right now, he stated during an interview on Fox Business.
Scott also defended his project Rescuing America, a political platform aimed at presenting his economic proposals against the advance of socialism in the United States.
The senator himself had presented the plan in the Senate this week, focused on reducing federal spending, cutting regulations, and promoting employment in the private sector.
We need to explain why socialism fails. Socialism always fails. It sounds nice to say 'everything is free', but it never works, Scott said in the interview, according to the video released by him and also reported by Breitbart News Daily.
The senator added that his goal is to defend what he called the “American dream” and linked the ideological debate to the rising cost of living in the United States.
During the conversation, he stated that the prices of housing, education, and healthcare have risen sharply over the past decades and asserted that Washington must seek ways to reduce them.
The intervention occurred after one of the presenters asked Scott about the increased interest in socialism among some American voters, especially among the youth, and about the impact of inflation and the cost of living on the current political debate.
The reference to Havana is not new in the senator's discourse. In mid-September, Scott had already questioned those who defend socialism and asked: “If you like socialism so much, why don't you go to Havana?” during an interview with Breitbart News Daily.
Scott's statements also reflect the harsh reality of the crisis currently facing Cuba.
In July, official data showed that the Cuban population lost more than 66,000 inhabitants in just one year due to the decline in births and emigration.
In 2024, the external migration balance was -251,221 people, and since 2021, more than one million Cubans have left the country.
The exodus particularly affects the younger generations. Another analysis published in July noted that more than half of those who emigrated were young people and children under 35 years old, a trend that worsens the aging of the population and the decline of the workforce.
Scott has maintained a critical stance towards the Cuban government for years. In January, he stated that the regime in Havana could fall between 2026 and 2027 following the changes that have occurred in Venezuela, a political assessment made by the senator himself.
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