Mon Oct 25, 2021 – 4:04 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s focus on getting Floridians back to work appears to be paying off.
While the United States continues to suffer under rising inflation and meager overall jobs numbers, Florida — which has sworn off COVID-19 mandates and restrictions — continues to report record job gains and a steadily decreasing unemployment rate.
Data released by Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) on Friday revealed that Florida’s economy surged at a rate three times faster than the rest of the nation in September. With the nation gaining 194,000 new jobs in September, Florida gained 84,500, marking 17 months of private sector job growth in the state.
Florida is driving the nation’s economy forward – the nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September and Florida alone accounted for: pic.twitter.com/dLKWNzgL6k
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) October 22, 2021
“We are outpacing the nation in job growth and job opportunities because businesses know that Florida will stand up for them,” DeSantis said in a statement Friday.
“Despite tremendous national headwinds and economic uncertainty, Florida has reached a level of job growth only seen on four other occasions in the past 30 years. We
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