Posted on 04/10/2021 2:35:10 PM PDT by John Semmens
Self-proclaimed Vietnam War hero Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ demand that the CDC lift its ban on cruise ships “a craven political stunt. His contention that economic freedom is some sort of basic human right is ludicrous. It is up to the government to decide what economic privileges may be exercised and when.”
DeSantis called the year-long lockdown of the cruise ship industry “unreasonable and irrational. There may have been an excuse for such action a year ago when governments around the world were taking a shotgun approach to avert a feared decimation of the population from the novel coronavirus. Now it is clear that the threat of this disease has been severely overestimated. Early blunders by several governors caused an excessive death rate among the vulnerable elderly. Meanwhile, COVID survival rates for persons under the age of 65 are 99.7%. In the past year treatments have gotten better and vaccines have been developed. It’s time to stop the fear mongering and restore people’s freedom.”
Blumenthal contended that “DeSantis is just trying to feather his own nest. He, himself, admits that the cruise industry has a $9 billion annual economic impact on Florida. He harps on the jobs lost, businesses gone bankrupt, and lives ruined by the restrictive measures that have been widely adopted by authorities willing to make the hard choices on who needs to suffer for the good of the whole. He overlooks the fact that, in the grand scheme of things, no one needs to take an ocean cruise. Wiping out this industry is a small price to pay for the victory we hope to achieve against this pandemic.”
Countering Blumenthal’s argument is the lesser impact COVID has had in states that did not adopt the severe lockdowns he claims need to be continued until the loons who imposed them feel it is safe to rescind them. So-called COVID expert Dr. Anthony Fauci calls the better results in less restricted states “confusing. It goes against everything I believe and have practiced in my 40-year career in government. How can letting people go about their normal lives be healthier than imposing government controls over their behavior? It makes no sense.”
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Blumenthal sounds like a toe fungus, and he looks like it.
“It is up to the government to decide what economic privileges may be exercised and when.”
Reminds me of the Onion video where they decide to hold a fake coup to get out of the national debt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7etrbr6FeYE
All hail Octavia!
“”” It is up to the government to decide what economic privileges may be exercised and when.”””
There you have it folks. This is how the far left thinks Americans should let the government decide what their current and future economic livelihood should be.
“It is up to the government to decide what economic privileges may be exercised and when.”
Is satire only because it has yet to uttered by the left-wing statists. It most certainly has been believed.
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