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In Florida, DeSantis cut jobless aid just as virus began terrifying new wave
MSN ^ | 22 August 2021 | Washington Post via MSN

Posted on 08/22/2021 9:01:45 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

DAVENPORT, Fla. — By June, Meli Feliciano’s family appeared to have finally found a measure of stability after being jolted by the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. Her husband had secured a good job in construction, and she was receiving hundreds of dollars in weekly federal and state unemployment aid, giving her some breathing room while she submitted job applications each week. She kept records of it all in a pink binder that her daughter had once used in kindergarten.

That’s when calamity struck.

Her husband fell ill, temporarily wiping out his income. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) slashed her jobless aid by more than half to $197 per week, arguing that the federal boost to unemployment insurance was keeping people like Feliciano from getting back to work. The bill for her daughter’s college tuition and textbooks is due soon, nearly $1,000 that the family doesn’t have. And just as her husband was cleared to go back to work in August, her stepson Julian tested positive for the coronavirus, requiring the household to isolate for two weeks.

Last year, when their jobless aid briefly lapsed, the couple sold one of their cars to get by. But now they are running out of options. Do they draw further on the generosity of neighbors? Sacrifice tuition? Delay paying rent as long as possible?

“When you’re stressed as a parent, you don’t want it to show, but sometimes it shows,” said Feliciano, 42. “It’s a different issue going on every day. You just take it day by day and do the best you can.”

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; desantis; desantishitpiece; fl; florida; thebezosblog; washingsnotpest; yeganehtorbati
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To: BiglyCommentary

Feel free to present your own stats, brother.

Got any?


41 posted on 08/22/2021 9:42:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Before the vaccines it was just cases. After the vaccine everything is terrifying, astronomical explosion, frightening, etc....


42 posted on 08/22/2021 9:42:53 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: BenLurkin

So if true, then there would be 1.67MM American deaths, which is still bad. However, if you correct for the overreporting, then maybe it’s more like 250-500K.


43 posted on 08/22/2021 9:44:11 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: BenLurkin

DOZENS AND DOZENS of articles posted right RIGHT HERE detailing the LIES and just completely dead wrong headed bleetings from the FDA and CDC, and yet you gorge yourself on everything that comes from them.


44 posted on 08/22/2021 9:47:11 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

"TERRIFYING NEW WAVE!

45 posted on 08/22/2021 9:47:43 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: BenLurkin
What “terrifying new wave”?

The illegal covid-infected imports that the JoeLitburo has ordered dropped off in red states in the dead of night...

46 posted on 08/22/2021 9:48:02 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: rlmorel

It’s the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It’s still rock and roll to me!


47 posted on 08/22/2021 9:48:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oh no!! I guess all the leftists better flee Florida forever.


48 posted on 08/22/2021 9:54:04 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( this is not the America that true Americans deserve ))))
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To: Two Kids' Dad

Yep, they need to go back to their liberal paradise of New York.


49 posted on 08/22/2021 9:54:47 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BiglyCommentary

A review of your posting history reveals that you are merely a troll.

May you ride the lighting.

Good-bye.


50 posted on 08/22/2021 9:56:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; ...
Enemy action ping.

More harum-scarum propaganda from the leftmedia. DeSantis sure does frighten them to death. It's a good thing.

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

51 posted on 08/22/2021 10:04:25 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: BenLurkin

A review of your posting history shows you are a pathological liar, who regurgitates lies from politically corrupted agencies. You should worry about you.


52 posted on 08/22/2021 10:04:43 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
…..and she was receiving hundreds of dollars in weekly federal and state unemployment aid, giving her some breathing room while she submitted job applications each week.

If she’s in Florida and can’t get a job then she must have a felony conviction or something similar. I’m in Fort Walton Beach and every place here is begging for employees. Anyone that has a pulse can get a job in Florida now, something doesn’t add up about that.

53 posted on 08/22/2021 10:08:08 AM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: GaryCrow

Same as in Texas, if you can put breath on a mirror you can get a job unless there are background check issues and many minimum wage places don’t do them or dont care.


54 posted on 08/22/2021 10:11:30 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
We have monoclonal antibody treatment centers all over the State with more planned - many open - more planned. If a Floridian gets Delta or the older COVID they have a free place to be treated - courtesy of DeSantis....

Blue States only offer masks and lock-downs. We're much better off here in Florida. One hour long IV Drip and most people are home same day and getting better.

55 posted on 08/22/2021 10:12:04 AM PDT by GOPJ (Iran, China, North Korea and Pakistan are reverse engineering captured AMERICAN weapons as we type.)
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To: dfwgator

“It’s Terrifying!”

Sad thing is, there ARE people who are terrified by this.


56 posted on 08/22/2021 10:14:19 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: GOPJ

monoclonal antibody treatment

Any chance that would start being allowed as an equivalent to being vaxxed for employment purposes? Asking for a friend, for real :)


57 posted on 08/22/2021 10:15:28 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hi.

The Washington Post along with msn.com and the NYT are pretty much mouth organs for the DNC.

Among many others (Politico, LA Times, The Hill etc.)

Their propaganda is easy to identify and discredit.

5.56mm


58 posted on 08/22/2021 10:18:34 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

59 posted on 08/22/2021 10:26:14 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (87.9>12.1 people need to wake up. Why do the vaccinated fear the unvaxed? Taxation is theft.)
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To: foundedonpurpose

My mother got jabbed in April and was hospitalized last week with heart problems. Blood clots and had to have stints in her arteries. Before the jab, she was healthier than anyone else in the family but she was deteriorating and needing a walker.

We came this close to getting the suicide jab after a scare last night. Thank goodness after a good night’s sleep, cancelled it. Moron neighbor was supposed to be in quarantine but was all over the neighborhood so I probably caught it. Am popping pills.


60 posted on 08/22/2021 10:27:32 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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