Rick Scott, Marco Rubio hammer Joe Biden as inflation surges
Marco Rubio and Rick Scott. Image via AP.
Prices are on the rise, and so is heated rhetoric from Florida’s two Republican U.S. Senators.
Rick Scott and
Marco Rubio blasted the White House Wednesday, in the wake of more evidence that the cost of living continues to increase early in the
Joe Biden administration.
Scott, who has continually drawn the connection between generous relief packages and the dilution of the dollar’s purchasing power, struck familiar tones, with new data in validation.
“President Biden’s silence on inflation is deafening and his lack of leadership in the face of this serious threat is hurting people every day. Every increase in food, gas and household good prices, even increases of just a few cents, negatively impact families, especially low income families and those on fixed incomes. For our nation’s poorest families, like mine growing up, rising prices are devastating I know b
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Frustrated over labor shortages several members of the Louisiana chapter of the National Federation of Independent Businesses want the state to ween recipients off federally enhanced unemployment benefits and direct the money elsewhere, like incentives for people to get back to work. Louisiana NFIB Director Dawn McVea said labor shortages are impeding recovery for many businesses.
“The need for qualified workers is 44% and it has been for the past three months, and it’s never that high. That is twice as high as it usually is,” said McVea.
McVea said they are looking to propose a measure like Montana, which enacted a hiring bonus of $1,200 and elimination of federal enhancements to unemployment benefits.