Cenk Uygur
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'Jobs Czar' Took $25K in Unemployment During Lavish Vacations
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December 9, 2012
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6:33Now Playing"Rick Scott tapped Hunting Deutsch to lead the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity earlier this year, a position some refer to as the "Job Czar." Which is kind of ironic, considering Deutsch hadn't been able to find himself a job for nearly three years prior to the appointment. After losing his job as an executive at Bank United in 2009, Deutsch signed up for unemployment benefits, but still had enough money to travel through Europe during his time without a job.
Today, he's officially sent in his resignation letter.
"I've worked for very successful companies for a long period of time and luckily sold all my bank stocks -- most of them at the right time, at the right price -- and quite frankly, didn't have to work," Deutsch, who owns two homes worth a combined $1.1 million, told the publication. "So my wife and I took time off and traveled a good bit; we were in Europe several times."*
Hunting Deutsch was a very well-off "Jobs Czar" for the state of Florida, who was supposed to help those in need of unemployment aid in the state. Instead, he made collecting unemployment unnecessarily difficult for people and took the maximum amount of benefits allowable after leaving his job. This was, of course on top of a sizable severance package and while he took many trips to Europe, which should have disqualified him from benefits. Cenk Uygur breaks down the many corrupt actions taken by the "Deutschbag" with help from Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show).
*Read more from Kyle Munzenrieder/ Miami New Times:
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