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During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, DeSantis blamed former governor [[Rick Scott]] for "revamping the state's unemployment insurance system with pointless roadblocks that he said were designed to prevent people from claiming benefits", claiming it created massive backlogs earlier in the year as the pandemic decimated the economy.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lane |first1=Sylvan |date=2020-08-05 |title=DeSantis blames Rick Scott for 'pointless roadblocks' in Florida unemployment system |url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/510733-desantis-blames-rick-scott-for-pointless-roadblocks-in-florida-unemployment/ |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en}}</ref> Afterward, Florida's economy swiftly started recovering, and the unemployment rate fell below 7 percent by the latter half of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Carollo |first1=Malena |last2=Mahoney |first2=Emily L. |last3=DiNatale |first3=Sara |date=2020-10-22 |title=Florida's economy has entered a 'partial recovery.' Here's how that's playing out |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2020/10/22/floridas-economy-has-entered-a-partial-recovery-heres-how-thats-playing-out/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |language=en}}</ref> In December 2020, DeSantis ordered the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to extend unemployment waivers until February 27, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shaw |first1=Derrick |date=December 30, 2020 |title=Gov. DeSantis extends unemployment waivers until Feb 27 |url=https://winknews.com/2020/12/30/gov-desantis-extends-unemployment-waivers-until-feb-27/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=[[WINK-TV]] |language=en}}</ref>
While in Congress, DeSantis supported proposals to raise the retirement age (''i.e.'', the age to qualify for [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]]) to 70 and to privatize Medicare, turning it into a "premium support" system.<ref name="tbay">Reyes, Yacob. [https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/03/17/desantis-social-security-medicare-congress-age-retirement-president/?outputType=amp “DeSantis takes different tack on Social Security, Medicare than when he was in Congress”], [[Politifact]] via [[Tampa Bay Times]] (March 17, 2023).</ref><ref name="SC">Contorno, Steve. [https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/02/politics/ron-desantis-social-security-privatization-trump/index.html ”DeSantis says GOP will not 'mess with Social Security,' as Democrats and Trump slam his past support for privatization”], [[CNN]] (March 2, 2023).</ref><ref name="Amy" /> While running for president in 2023, DeSantis reversed his position, saying, "we’re not going to mess with Social Security."<ref name="tbay"/><ref name="SC"/><ref name="Amy" />
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