The day Rick Scott showed he was a monster
So… did we all forget this happened?
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered deep cuts Thursday to programs that serve tens of thousands of residents with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other developmental disabilities.
Though a range of state services face cuts from this year’s Legislature, the governor invoked his emergency powers to order the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities to immediately roll back payments to group homes and social workers by 15 percent – an amount providers say could put them out of business and threaten their clients’ safety.
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The cuts went into effect immediately. No provider was given notice. As the article says they learned from the headline the next morning.
I remember the picture of the young disabled child that accompanied the story. She depended on the aides for basic tasks, like eating and bathing. The workers made minimum wage working around the clock–their pay literally couldn’t be cut any less.
No health insurance, no sick leave, no retirement, but tons and tons of love and patience. Florida’s budget for the disabled was already at the bottom in the nation, but it wasn’t enough for Rick Scott. He kicked them to the curb like his rescue puppy.
Rick Scott didn’t show an ounce of heart or soul. After all, disabled kids could be dumped into adult nursing homes. Which they were. Pam Bondi would defend it. Evil.
Oh… and in case you think he just hates disabled, helpless children, that’s not true. He showed that he hated disabled, helpless seniors that year as well.
Did he at least save any money? Nope. Their small budget was cut by a whopping 15%, which was only a few million. But Rick Scott combined this with 1.3 Billion in cuts to education. (This was, mind you, after he swore he wouldn’t cut education, but as usual, no one calls him out on this.) At least, you would think, that would go a long way helping somebody in Florida.
And it did.
2.5 billion in tax breaks for big, powerful, well-connected corporations.
Rick Scott’s donors and friends weren’t the only ones to cash in. So did Rick Scott.
Remember in 2010, when Rick Scott spent $75 million to get the governorship?
Remember in 2013 when he introduced a state law that allowed elected officials to keep assets in a so-called “blind trust” instead of disclosing investments as required by Florida’s Constitution? There is a reason Rick Scott failed to disclose how much he has made the past few years. He is now the wealthiest governor in history, raking in almost half a billion dollars: and “forgetting” to claim $340 million of it.
This original post was quite long documenting and linking travesty after travesty, and each time Rick Scott has profited off of our misery. But you know what, I’m TIRED OF IT! This post is ONE FREAKING EXAMPLE out of many.
I remember the outrage when it happened. Now it’s never mentioned. NONE of these are. My state party is treating me to the same tired Medicaid scandal as back in 2010, even though Rick Scott’s Medicaid privatization district scheme makes that scandal look like a Sunday drive. Rick Scott isn’t just a horrible politician, he is a horrible person. Lest you think that I would say that about any GOP governor, I wouldn’t – and haven’t. I didn’t say that about “JEB” (John Ellis Bush) or Tom Corbett or Rick Perry or what have you. But I will say that about Rick Scott.
When the hell did this state become an abused spouse that tries to convince itself things weren’t so bad?
You know what Florida, THIS IS AN INTERVENTION! Kick him out, or we’re through here.
(From Daily Kos)
