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Florida job growth
soars. Covid cases plummet.
At the same
time as Covid cases continue to plunge in Florida, to the lowest in
the nation, the state’s job growth soars to the highest in the nation
— demonstrating again the wisdom of Governor DeSantis’ freedom-first
agenda.
Florida’s
Covid case count is down 90 percent from two months ago, and 76
percent since Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo signed new
rules about a month ago that empowered parental control over their
children’s health, banned quarantining healthy people and kept kids in
school mask-free. Florida’s case rate is currently half of
California’s, which has the strictest mask and vaccine requirements in
the nation and is mandating every child over five be vaccinated to
attend school.
“Without
mandates or lockdowns, COVID-19 cases in Florida have decreased 90%
since August,” Governor DeSantis said. “In addition to cases,
hospitalizations have plummeted in our state. This has been
accomplished by making monoclonal antibody treatments and vaccines
widely available throughout our state while protecting Floridians from
government overreach.”
Draconian,
freedom-squashing government mandates do not stop Covid and Florida’s
path is shown to be the best in dealing with the virus while allowing
people to freely make their own health decisions.
These
freedoms have fueled Florida’s economy by allowing businesses and
consumers to go about creating a thriving marketplace.
Florida’s
economy rapidly accelerated in September, growing at three times the
rate of the nation’s growth. Florida gained 84,500 total jobs, marking
17 consecutive months of private-sector job growth. Importantly,
Florida has also seen 11 consecutive months of labor force increases,
adding 50,000 workers in just the past month. Florida’s labor force
growth of 5.4% is dramatically higher than the national rate of 0.8%.
In total,
Florida has gained more than one million jobs since April 2020, and
September’s job creation was almost twice that of
California.
“While the
entire nation gained 194,000 jobs in September, Florida gained 84,500
jobs in the same month – we are outpacing the nation in job growth and
job opportunities because businesses know that Florida will stand up
for them,” Governor DeSantis said. “We will continue to work hard to
keep Florida open, free and built for opportunity.”
Governor
DeSantis was joined this week by representatives of three
Florida-based businesses — Tervis, PGT Innovations, and Anna Maria
Oyster Bar — to highlight the recent success of Florida’s job market
and support Florida-based companies.
“Governor
DeSantis has created a business environment that has enabled us to
hire 115 people since June that has helped minimize the broader impact
that the pandemic created, and Tervis is very fortunate to be in a
state with a healthy economy,” said Rogan Donelly, President and CEO,
Tervis. “Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, Tervis was able to
keep our headquarters open in order to manufacture our products, our
employees were able to safely stay at work and provide for their
families.”
“The
pro-business atmosphere in Florida has been crucial for PGT
innovations to prosper; specifically over the last 18 months, our
business has benefited from low taxes from forward-thinking policies,”
said Rod Hershberger, Chairman, PGT Innovations. “We’re able to stay
open and continue working because of Governor DeSantis’ efforts to
protect Florida jobs. This is the best place to work from a tax
perspective and from the leadership that we have, and we intend to
stay here for a long time.”
“Everybody
in our industry feels we’ve got a governor that’s got our back, that’s
working with us, that’s working to help us,” said John Horne,
President & Owner, Anna Maria Oyster Bar.
These three
represent the sentiments of thousands of thriving and grateful Florida
businesses.
Read more: https://www.flgov.com/2021/10/22/floridas-september-job-growth-rate-is-three-times-faster-than-the-nation/
Read more: https://www.flgov.com/2021/10/25/governor-ron-desantis-highlights-florida-leading-the-nations-job-growth/
Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/florida-now-has-americas-lowest-covid-rate-does-ron-de-santis-deserve-credit-090013615.html
FLORIDA
Governor DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley
Moody announced a lawsuit today against the Biden Administration’s
order requiring employees of federal contractors to be
vaccinated by December 8. The Governor promised to take legal action
to stop federal overreach and is keeping that promise, making Florida
the first state in the nation to hold the President
accountable.
The lawsuit
seeks an immediate end to the unlawful requirement that federal
contractors ensure that all employees are injected.
“Just
months ago Joe Biden was saying that it wouldn’t be appropriate or
lawful for the federal government to mandate these COVID shots,”
Governor DeSantis said. “But now we have somehow gone from 15 days to
slow the spread to 3 jabs to keep your job. The federal government is
exceeding their power and it is important for us to take a stand
because in Florida we believe these are choices based on individual
circumstances.”
“I have
never seen such blatant disregard for the Constitution or the laws
governing our country,” said Attorney General Moody. “President Biden
does not have the authority to force millions of Americans to receive
a shot, nor does he have the ability to punish Florida economically
for not abiding by his authoritarian, unlawful, and unconstitutional
executive order.”
The
Governor and Attorney General were joined at the announcement by
Floridians who are facing consequences as a result of vaccine
mandates.
Read more here: https://www.flgov.com/2021/10/28/governor-ron-desantis-announces-lawsuit-against-biden-administrations-unconstitutional-vaccine-mandates/
And
here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-biden-lawsuit-covid-vaccine-mandates-federal-contractors
Watch the full press conference here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=337652531454633
Read the lawsuit here: https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/047123627394.pdf
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
With Congress back in session, Val Demings
radicalness is impossible to hide. She is in lock-step with
the most extremist members of Congress, such as the socialist Squad,
and out of touch with Floridians by supporting every penny of the
full-fledged $3.5 trillion socialist spending spree.
In joining
fellow radicals to push this budget, Demings is supporting 40 separate
tax increases that would take $2 trillion out of Americans’ pockets.
In addition to tax hikes on Florida families, the socialist spending
spree paves the way for the Green New Deal, amnesty for illegal
immigrants, and taxpayer-funded abortion.
Demings is
trying to unseat Senator Marco Rubio, who released a great ad
highlighting how radical his opponent is, voting with the Squad 94
percent of the time.
Watch the Rubio ad here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccc2oKnGBG8
ICYMI
What they’re saying about Governor DeSantis
calling for a Special Session
Business
owners and industry leaders from around the state applauded Governor
DeSantis’ call for a Special Session of the Florida Legislature last
week to protect Florida employees from unconstitutional vaccine
mandates and vaccine passports.
Here is what they are saying:
Ralph A. Lewis, Co-Owner of Florida’s oldest
steakhouse, Okeechobee Steakhouse, said: “Without Governor
DeSantis holding his ground and making decisions based on scientific
facts, our loss of business would be catastrophic. From the staff of
Okeechobee Steakhouse and Okeechobee Prime Meat Market, thank you,
Governor DeSantis, for allowing us to keep our jobs.”
Charles Musgrove, Jr., CPA and Founder of
CAPSERV360, said: “Thank you to Governor DeSantis for
standing in the breach to protect our liberties. I have never been
prouder to be a Floridian than over the past 18 months. Your
leadership is inspirational for all Americans and an example for all
political leaders whether local, state, or federal.”
Nick Sarra, Chief Operations Officer of Saltwater
Restaurants, said: “Allowing customers to freely dine without
mandated vaccine passports has allowed us to continue to employ
hundreds of workers in our nine restaurants across Northwest Florida.
Placing our employees on the front line of our customers’ medical
decisions is not their responsibility as professionals in the
restaurant industry. We are grateful for Governor Ron DeSantis’ strong
support of restaurants and our employees.”
Read more here: https://www.flgov.com/2021/10/22/what-they-are-saying-businesses-applaud-governor-desantis-protecting-floridians-jobs-and-livelihoods/
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