So, do Evers and his administration deserve some blame for an inadequate response to the unemployment crisis? Yes.
Was asking Frostman to resign a “better late than never” move? Probably, yes. But it showed some level of accountability. 1/
Was the system designed to fail by Republican legislators who spent the last decade gutting the safety net? Yes.
Are those very same legislators making matters worse by their catastrophic lack of response to the pandemic, which remains the cause of the recession? OH MY GOD YES.
Did recent investigative reporting from @WisconsinWatch, @amandasaint5 and others reveal many of these issues with UI to be long-standing and systemic? You bet.
Did legislative Democrats introduce a package of bills to reform that system more that 100 days ago? They sure did.
Did legislative Republicans hold a single public hearing on those bills, introduce alternatives of their own, or pass ANY legislation in that time? They have not.
Republicans casting blame today need to look at the bigger picture and take some accountability of their own.
OK, I’ll bring back the meme to end the thread.
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