Florida

Governor Rick Scott is an iconic Republican dick.

I'm sorry, there is no other way to say it. He appears to consider himself a General in a War on Poor People. It is important to understand that Scott is extremely wealthy, so he's got his, thanks. What appears very important to him is for him to get more, and for the poor to get less, or even better... none.

This latest brainstorm of his looks like the Revenge of the Internet. If you are too poor or too out of the loop to have an e-mail address and grind your way through a gotcha online test, then sorry, no unemployment benefits for you, bucko. You might ask, what the heck does that have to do with whether you are unemployed and need benefits? Well, because that lets the sacred state of Florida deny a LOT of their unemployed any benefits. The cost savings are amazing!

The morality and ethics of such an approach? Naaah, sorry, that is not a matter that is going to be discussed. Disenfranchisement of voters, by demonstrably fraudulent methods, cost Al Gore the election in 2000. Florida has a lot to answer for.

Arthur