Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Florida leaders intent on punishing Floridians

Steve Benen Florida leaders intent on punishing Floridians.

"According to a state-by-state analysis prepared by the Obama administration, the American Jobs Act would direct more than $7.5 billion to Florida in job-creating public investments, and support more than 60,000 in-state public-sector jobs, including teachers, firefighters, and police officers. But Rick Scott, leading a state with a 10.7% unemployment rate, would rather not accept federal assistance — which may not pass anyway — preferring to move forward with plans for more layoffs."

Republicans think Progressives are crazy to want to spend our way out of a recession but it makes no sense to me to lower unemployment by laying off more government workers. it can't be the case that the public sector is stealing private sector employees when there are so many of them already unemployeed.

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