2022 FL Governor's race: on Jobs


Brian Moore: Legally require hiring more women/minorities

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Legally require hiring more women/minorities"?

A: I strongly support legally hiring all citizens as a right and not favor one group of people over another based on race, gender, color, sexual preference, ethnicity, etc.ÿ As a socialist, I will guarantee full employment, with a fair wage to assure a quality of life, to all citizens, as a right, not a privilege.ÿ

Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Apr 14, 2022

Rick Scott: Designed unemployment system with maximum $275/week benefit

Privately, Republicans admit that the $77.9 million system is doing exactly what Scott designed it to do--lower the state's reported number of jobless claims after the great recession. "It's a sh-- sandwich, and it was designed that way by Scott," said one DeSantis advisor. "It wasn't about saving money. It was about making it harder for people to get benefits or keep benefits so that the unemployment numbers were low to give the governor something to brag about."
Source: Politico blog on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Apr 3, 2020

Ron DeSantis: Oversaw unemployment system with maximum $275/week benefit

The new online [unemployment application] system was part of a series of changes designed to limit benefits. The ultimate goal--which it delivered on--was to lower unemployment taxes paid by Florida businesses. A 2011 analysis done by the Florida Legislature estimated that the changes pushed by Scott would save businesses more than $2.3 billion between 2011 and 2020.

Most of those who do submit applications won't qualify for aid, and the benefits that are paid out are among the most meager in the country--a maximum of $275 a week. "Everyone we talk to in that office when we ask them what happened tells us, 'the system was designed to fail,'" one DeSantis adviser said. "That's not a problem when unemployment is 2.8 percent, but it's a problem now. And no system we have can handle 25,000 people a day."

Source: Politico blog on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Apr 3, 2020

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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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