In an explosive story, today
Politico reported that the system was designed to fail. Many, among them Republicans, blame
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who was governor when the $77.9 million website was designed.
According to Politico, Scott wanted to make it harder for people to file to falsely deflate the numbers of people seeking unemployment.
“It’s a shit sandwich, and it was designed that way by Scott,” one advisor to Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis reportedly said.
“It wasn’t about saving money. It was about making it harder for people to get benefits or keep benefits so that the unemployment numbers were low to give the governor something to brag about.”