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DeSantis states repeatedly that Florida is "No. 1 in"

*economic freedom

* education freedom

* parental involvement in education

* public higher education

DeSantis’ miserable record of governance:

* FL close to bottom of state rankings for health care, school funding, teachers salaries, employment benefits

* 1 of 10 states that refused to expand Medicaid; 12% FL have no medical insurance

* refused to raise minimum wage

* lowered taxes on the rich & corporations

Addendae 2

Poverty experts find that where you grow up largely determines how you do in life

How decades-old factors turned parts of rural America into poorest places, where women most disadvantaged

https://19thnews.org/2023/08/injustice-of-place-poverty-life-rural-america

Kathryn Edin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Edin

* sociologist, prof. sociology & public affairs at Princeton University

* specializes in study of people on welfare

The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-injustice-of-place-kathryn-j-edinh-luke-shaefertimothy-j-nelson

#poverty #KathrynEdin

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