In 2011, as the new governor of Florida, I rejected federal funds for Barack Obama’s high-speed rail . Unlike too many politicians who simply embrace the status quo and rubber-stamp spending, I read the fine print. I knew from my years of building businesses that this was a bad deal for Florida . The backlash was immediate. I was attacked by Democrats, Republicans , the media, you name it. A few months later, a reporter came up to me at an event. “Someday,” he said, “I’m going to write a book