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TALLAHASSEE (The Borowitz Report)Calling it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Ron DeSantis offered his campaign staff the chance to work for free in exchange for what he called invaluable skills.
DeSantis denied that he was making the work-for-free offer because his campaign was in financial distress, arguing instead that it was the best way to provide personal benefits to his staffers.
Oh, sure, you could work someplace where theyll pay you, like Disney World, he sneered. But working for me for nothing will give you skills that will set you up for life.
Lets say you hand out flyers for the campaign, he said. With that on your résumé, you could snag a coveted position handing out flyers for a nail salon. Or say youre in the back room of the campaign office, licking envelopessomeday you could get a job licking any number of things.
The Florida governors proposal drew scorn from his chief rival for the G.O.P. nomination, Donald J. Trump, who claimed it was far from original. I havent paid anyone in years, Trump said.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/desantis-offers-campaign-staff-opportunity-to-work-for-free-in-exchange-for-invaluable-skills
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,501 posts)brush
(54,159 posts)of working for free there's that word again for DeSantis' failing campaign.
malthaussen
(17,260 posts)Rebl2
(13,705 posts)in college as a requirement to graduate. Ended up working (paid) there for a year after I graduated.
multigraincracker
(32,859 posts)when attitudes improve.
KS Toronado
(17,656 posts)niyad
(114,393 posts)niyad
(114,393 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,879 posts)PelicanScot_V3
(70 posts)aggiesal
(8,989 posts)I thought, "I wouldn't put it pass DiSantis to do this"
Then I saw it was the Onion.
Sometimess I believe The Onion is just prelude.
yardwork
(61,891 posts)PurgedVoter
(2,222 posts)Probably not though, cause Fascists gonna do the long knives thing as soon as they can. No point in paying back those who put you in power.
colorado_ufo
(5,765 posts)plimsoll
(1,672 posts)It's not slavery, they expect to be given jobs in the DeSantis administration. It's a good thing Republicans don't value intelligence, anyone that stupid shouldn't be trusted with sharp objects or their own money.
ificandream
(9,478 posts)dchill
(38,685 posts)SpankMe
(2,990 posts)Back during the hay day of the Roseanne show, she was notorious for being disagreeable and nasty and firing writers on a whim. She went through a lot of writers including many that were credited with the success of her show.
Those writers would go on to work for other highly rated shows, winning accolades and awards. Roseanne claimed credit for their success saying that she did them a favor by firing them after they worked on her highly rated show first.
Not the same as working for free. But the idea of it being such an honor and career booster having worked for them is embraced by many conservatives. I know this is a Borowitz parody. But, it happens in real life.
Marthe48
(17,246 posts)lol
What a slam!
"Haven't paid anyone in years." Inspired finish to a brilliant comment on r thugs.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,734 posts)lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)There's no longer any doubt Schridinger's cat was in rigor prior to placement into the box.