Fla Gov diverts State funds to promote SENIORS FIRST agenda
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[Source: here]
Florida Governor (and Trump wannabe) Ron DeSantis announced recently that the State would divert and spend general healthcare funds to purchase 100-million rapid tests for Florida Seniors - specifically, those in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
This is on-top-of the 500-million the Federal Gov't is set to procure for the general population.
I get it - we need more tests! I just paid $100 ea for tests (that my insurance was SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR) right here in Fla!
But 500-million for the country, and another 100-million tests SOLELY for the oldest and frailest in just Florida?
IMHO, we're entering a phase where tests and vaccinations are being used to pander for votes - from BOTH SIDES!
The CARES act already says COVID testing is supposed to be free - although, as my case illustrates, that law has either loopholes, or people exploiting the idea for huge sums of cash! (I have filed a complaint, for my case, with both my Insurance co, AND the Fla Insurance Commissioner - hopefully, if this was a scam, they'll get caught and lose their asses!)
Still, a race to see who can "provide the most" as a way to pander for votes is sickening... and morally repugnant!
A pox upon both their houses!
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The page you linked said 1 million, not 100.
Putting seniors and those vulnerable to covid first is what DeSantis always did and he is continuing to do that here. I don't think he is doing it for votes -- this is the best thing any governor to do at this point because the vaccine is already out and widely used.
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@orhaqi123 said in Fla Gov diverts State funds to promote SENIORS FIRST agenda:
The page you linked said 1 million, not 100.
Putting seniors and those vulnerable to covid first is what DeSantis always did and he is continuing to do that here. I don't think he is doing it for votes -- this is the best thing any governor to do at this point because the vaccine is already out and widely used.
Interesting - another site (the one that directed me to that site reported 100 million.... I propagated that error in mistake.. oops!
Just goes to show how easily misinformation can spread! Thanks for the notice!
I'm of 2-minds on DeSantis as Governor... some things make a lot of good sense... then he goes and does things like forbidding mask mandates at any level! And forbidding - even private companies - from having vaccine mandates...
He lets his Trumpist politics interfere too much for my tastes, but he's a damned site better than any Democrat alternative I've seen (EVER!) LOL
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@bi4smooth said in Fla Gov diverts State funds to promote SENIORS FIRST agenda:
He lets his Trumpist politics interfere too much for my tastes, but he's a damned site better than any Democrat alternative I've seen (EVER!) LOL
When Republicans have a policy you don't approve of you call it Trumpist (Which by the way is not a word). What does Donald Trump have to do with not allowing government of private enterprise to MANDATE anything.
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Ms Feng Feng absolutely hates any Repub that isn't a Pelosi Repub.
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@raphjd said in Fla Gov diverts State funds to promote SENIORS FIRST agenda:
Ms Feng Feng absolutely hates any Repub that isn't a Pelosi Repub.
What is Ms Feng Feng?
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Ms Feng Feng (the real one) is the Chinese spy that Congressman Eric Swalwell was living with/shagging.
Our version of Ms Feng Feng is @bi4smooth since he spreads CCP/DNC disinformation.
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@geobear40 said in Fla Gov diverts State funds to promote SENIORS FIRST agenda:
@bi4smooth said in Fla Gov diverts State funds to promote SENIORS FIRST agenda:
He lets his Trumpist politics interfere too much for my tastes, but he's a damned site better than any Democrat alternative I've seen (EVER!) LOL
When Republicans have a policy you don't approve of you call it Trumpist (Which by the way is not a word). What does Donald Trump have to do with not allowing government of private enterprise to MANDATE anything.
No, there are plenty of things I disagree with that aren't "Trumpist" (and BTW: That term simply means a policy or opinion that comes directly from Sir Loses a Lot, aka: Trump the Loser King)
In this case, had you been here (in Florida), you would have known that early on in the pandemic, DeSantis was very much "follow the science" - until Trump started to defy the science.... DeSantis "saw the writing on the wall" (which was that the Republican base was going to follow Trump - to the ends of Hell, if that's where He wanted to take them!)
And I'll say again, there are a LOT of things DeSantis does that I wholeheartedly AGREE with! I'll have no qualms voting for him (yes, Virginia, I live in Florida - he's MY Governor!) in November.... maybe even again in Nov, 2024! I'd damned sure prefer him over Sir Loses a Lot.
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@bi4smooth
You have Trump derangement syndrome. -
@geobear40 said in Fla Gov diverts State funds to promote SENIORS FIRST agenda:
@bi4smooth
You have Trump derangement syndrome.His TDS is extreme.
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