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Ron DeSantis on Jobs
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OSHA regulations make workers poorer but not safer
After I graduated high school, I took a full-time job at an electric company in town so I could help pay for college. This job was also my first encounter with the federal government's regulatory Leviathan. When I showed up to work the first day,
I wore attire that was typical of what an electrician would wear: jeans, a long sleeved shirt, and an old pair of work boots. And then I was promptly sent home. Why? Because it wasn't clear if the old, worn-out boots were actually "OSHA approved."
I didn't know what OSHA was, but I soon learned that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was a federal agency charged with promulgating workplace safety rules.
The net result for me was that I had to spend the lion's share of what would end up being my first week's paycheck buying a pair of boots that were clearly approved by OSHA. I doubt this made me any safer, but it did make me a tad bit poorer.
Source: The Courage to be Free, by Gov. Ron DeSantis, p. 6-7
, Feb 28, 2023
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
No depressed wages for Floridians due to cheap foreign labor
Lower-income workers also shouldn't have their wages depressed by cheap foreign labor. Assuring a legal workforce through E-verify will be good for the rule of law, protect taxpayers, and place an upward pressure on the wages of
Floridians who work in blue collar jobs. We are a state that has an economy, not the other way around. And we need to make sure that our Florida citizens from all walks of life come first.
Source: 2020 Florida State of the State address
, Jan 14, 2020
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