KING: Rick Scott joins me now to go "One-on-One". Sir, let me begin by saying congratulations. When we cover your candidacy, one of the questions we get from average Joe's on the street, and Tweets to the program, postings on Facebook is that why would this guy spend $50 million of his own money to be the governor of Florida?

SCOTT: Well as you know, I grew up in public housing. I was in the Navy as an enlisted man, started my first business when I was 21. I've absolutely lived the American dream. I want that same dream for every Floridian. And so that's why I'm running for governor. That's why -- I focused on jobs. I built private sector jobs all my life. That's what the race was about. Who was going to build private sector jobs? My opponent who never had one? Or me? That's why I won last night.

KING: How much more are you willing to spend on this general election? 69 days from now to Election Day. You're in one of the most competitive governor's races in one of the biggest, most diverse and sometimes most expensive states politically in the country. How much is Rick Scott willing to spend?

SCOTT: I don't know what it will take but I'll make sure I'll raise the money to get our message out and our message will be, I'm going to be the jobs governor.

KING: Do you have a personal limit on how much more of your own money you're willing to spend?

SCOTT: No, I don't. I don't. I'm very comfortable. I have a lot of support all across the state. We'll raise the money and make sure that we are able to get our message out. It got out very well in the primary campaign. It will get out very well in the general.

KING: One of the big questions the morning after your big win in this primary is whether the Republican Party of Florida can heal its wounds. You had a very personal campaign against your opponent Mr. McCollum. My understanding is he has yet to call you. Please correct me if I'm wrong on that point. Here's a statement he issued after he conceded the race to you. "No one could have anticipated the entrance of a multimillionaire with a questionable past who shattered campaign spending records and spent more in four months than has ever been spent in a primary race here in Florida." Do you view it as your obligation to heal these wounds in the party in Florida? Or is it his obligation?

SCOTT: Well, the party will support the candidate that lives the American dream, believes in the Republican principles. That's me. I've lived the American dream. I want that dream for all Floridians. I know the Republican Party stands for. I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me. We're going to do very well. We're going to win in November. November 2nd will be a great night.

KING: When you say they will support you, where we are right now will say a lot about the Republican establishment in the state. It will also say a lot about how you operate as an individual and as a politician. Will you pick up the phone to Mr. McCollum if he doesn't call you? Will you pick up the phone to former governor Bush who campaigned for him? Or will you say, Rick Scott's won the race, they need to come to me?

SCOTT: I haven't talked to Mr. McCollum but I've talked to party leaders and the party is coming together and everything will work out. The RGA, I've talked to Haley Barber already. They're very supportive. You know, the party is embracing me because I've lived the American dream and I believe in that for all Floridians.

KING: The issue is also your past as a business man. You know because you've had to deal with in the primary campaign as well. When you say you want to bring accountability to Tallahassee, your opponents say, here is a man who was the CEO of a health care company that was fined a record $1.7 billion by the federal government for massive fraud. They will say, how can this man bring accountability to government.

SCOTT: That's what my opponent said in the primary and he lost. Everybody knows we built and I've built a number of wonderful companies. That company in particular, you know, I took my life savings of $125,000 and in nine years we built the largest health care provider in the world. Our patient satisfaction was way higher than the national average. So was the --

KING: You also paid a record fine for fraud violations.

SCOTT: And what I tell people is, you know, when you're in business, anything that goes wrong, you should take responsibility if you're the CEO. I do. The difference is let's think about where we are in the state. We have the highest unemployment on record. We have almost 50 percent of our home owns under water on their mortgages. We're walking into a five-plus billion dollar deficit. Has any politician in the state taken responsibility for putting us in this position? No. What I tell people all the time is I'm a business person. I know, you know, you put up your money, you try to build your companies and you take responsibility for what goes wrong. I do. When I'm governor, I hope nothing goes wrong. If it does, I'll show up, I'll take responsibility and I'll fix it.

KING: Another question you gave in the campaign is you recently gave a deposition in a lawsuit against your current company, Celantic I believe is the name of it, a series of clinics across the state, and you have yet to release that deposition to the public. Will you do that as you campaign now as the Republican nominee for governor?

SCOTT: This is just a smoke screen by Bill McCollum because he didn't want to run on his record. That's a company I have an investment in. It was a private matter. It has nothing to do with this race. This race is about jobs. Who do you --

KING: But the race is also about trust. We are in a time where people simply don't trust politicians. Don't you owe the people of Florida transparency and say, here it has nothing to do with the race, but here it is, look for yourself?

SCOTT: Well, it's a private matter. It's something -- it's not -- has nothing to do with this race. What I'm going to campaign on is what I've campaigned on in the primary. It's about jobs. I have a specific plan to build 700,000 jobs over the next seven years.

KING: Florida is one of the states with the highest price tag of dealing with the costs of hospital visits by illegal immigrants. There's been debate about whether the amendment should be changed and children born of people in the states illegally should automatically get citizenship.

SCOTT: I don't believe we ought to change the law. I think we ought to leave the law exactly the way it is, the 14th amendment.

KING: Leave it. Don't change that. You believe that is a right?

SCOTT: That is a right. If you're born in our country, you're a citizen of our country.

KING: And you've talked about the budget issues you will have to deal with if you're the next governor of Florida. You've been sharply critical of the Obama administration's approach. One of the things this administration has done for the state is offered millions of dollars, in some cases billions of dollars depending on the size of the state, in assistance to keep teachers and firefighters and police officers on the street. If Rick Scott is the governor of Florida, will you take that money?

SCOTT: Absolutely not. I think stimulus money is an absolute mistake. There's no free money in those stimulus dollars. We're going to have to pay those dollars back whether we pay it back, our children pay it back, our grandchildren pay it back. Stimulus does not work.

KING: Rick Scott is the Republican nominee for governor for the state of Florida.

SCOTT: Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here. KING: Thank you for your time, sir. Among the items on my radar tonight, former Senator Alan Simpson gets in trouble for a somewhat off-color description of social security.