Posted on 04/16/2020 5:41:59 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
The debate about “reopening the economy” is a phony debate.
It’s phony because “the economy” isn’t shut down. Far from it. Walmart is still open. Dollar General is open. Amazon is open. Alibaba is open.
It just so happens that the big-box mass merchandisers and online retailers responsible for flooding our country with crap from Communist China are open.
Meanwhile, other, very specific parts of the country are shut down.
Family-owned shops and workshops, the backbone of America, are closed. Fast-food franchises remain open—drive-through windows are operating at full tilt—but independently owned restaurants are shuttered or trying to survive at diminished capacity doing takeout only.
(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...
Yes we are indeed.
Nope - all the normally sane folks who bought all-in to the panic tied Trump’s hands...
Those bastards closed the vape shops in town.
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