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LA Times Op-Ed: 'The Evidence Is Clear'...the Lockdowns Didn't Trash the Economy
Townhall.com ^ | May 20, 2021 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 05/22/2021 8:33:02 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat

Whoever wrote this is on bath salts. Is this for real? I mean I know media bubbles are dense, but this is something else. This is not even grounded in reality, folks Apparently, the COVID lockdowns didn’t trash the economy and it saved lives. Both are demonstrably false. That’s the hottest of hot takes regarding the virus. Dare I say, it may be worse than what Anthony Fauci has said about the vaccine and mask-wearing. It could rival that, maybe. The fact is that millions of jobs were lost, mental health issues spiked, our children weren’t learning, people did die, and the lockdowns didn’t do anything to stem that. It’s an airborne virus. It was going to spread no matter what and what we’ve learned is that staying locked up inside was probably the worst thing for people to do (via LA Times)....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: economy; gaslighting; inflation; lockdowns; media
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This is going to be the new talking point among Demonrats.
1 posted on 05/22/2021 8:33:02 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

A fantasy world - their very own alternate reality.


2 posted on 05/22/2021 8:34:55 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Ignorance/propaganda personified.... stupid lying misleading democrat. Uh hu yeah.... I nos datz rite.


3 posted on 05/22/2021 8:35:44 AM PDT by DOC44
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To: CheshireTheCat

It is stupid. It’s like the other linked piece of stupidity on the front page that blames white supremacy for attacks on Asian people.

Liberal logic fails.

I wonder if they even know how stupid it sounds? Seriously. In their little bubble world they all nod and share the message and it becomes some strange kind of reality.

In the rest of the country we are left scratching our heads.


4 posted on 05/22/2021 8:36:27 AM PDT by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: CheshireTheCat

The arriving inflation is more than enough evidence that government over-reaction to covid crushed the economy.


5 posted on 05/22/2021 8:36:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

If True, POTUS Trump would have been Reelected with 80% of the Vote rather than the 55% he got.

Oh wait.

“sElections have consequences”


6 posted on 05/22/2021 8:38:13 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

whistling past the graveyard.

They have spent us into inflation. I think they said 2.5% in one month. That means $40 in April is worth about $39 in May??


7 posted on 05/22/2021 8:39:10 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: CheshireTheCat
My Democrat neighbor who is into working with wood [fancywoods] is doing some work on an outbuilding at his cottage.

He knows the price of woods down to a penny.

Yesterday, he was regaling me with tales of common pine prices that flabbergasted him.

I only gently pointed out once that the lumber producers shut down because of the covid...

8 posted on 05/22/2021 8:39:30 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Can’t wait for the Times to go out of business. Then, everyone can tell them how great the economy is.


9 posted on 05/22/2021 8:41:05 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: CheshireTheCat

Water isn’t wet and deep fries lard balls are good for your health.................
LA Times


10 posted on 05/22/2021 8:41:18 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Then where are all the shops that used to occupy our local mall? Where did the small stands that sold watches, cell phone cases, makeup, etc go? Did the owners just pack up and go home?

Why is a 2x4 $10 for one board? Why is one sheet of plywood $100?

Why does the government say there is only 2% inflation?


11 posted on 05/22/2021 8:41:20 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: CheshireTheCat

A year of our lives lost. The graduations, sporting events, travel, celebrations that would have happened; didn’t. Ever hear of opportunity cost?


12 posted on 05/22/2021 8:43:10 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: CheshireTheCat

But a lot of businesses failed.


13 posted on 05/22/2021 8:46:23 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Is the L.A. Times even in business anymore? Do they still publish in English?


14 posted on 05/22/2021 8:46:54 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Vaduz

Whenever the media (or any other leftist) wishes to spew BS at you that is patently absurd, they begin with “the evidence is clear…”


15 posted on 05/22/2021 8:51:03 AM PDT by daler
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To: CheshireTheCat

“’The Evidence Is Clear’”

Same clichè they use for global warming.


16 posted on 05/22/2021 8:58:23 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Insane... Completely insane...


17 posted on 05/22/2021 9:00:05 AM PDT by PigRigger
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To: CheshireTheCat

If the evidence is clear, is the LA Times advocating for a permanent lockdown? I support a permanent lockdown of Hollywood, but only if it involves no fed bailouts.


18 posted on 05/22/2021 9:01:15 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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To: CheshireTheCat

Did you see the shelves at the grocery stores? The price of building materials? Try to buy a new or used car? Try to buy car parts for never cars? Gas shortages?Yeah, okay…as we resemble Venezuela it’s one of two things-
-The lockdowns killed the economy
- The Marxist policies killed the economy

It one or both. Which is it?


19 posted on 05/22/2021 9:01:32 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: CheshireTheCat

There is more “evidence” of a stolen election than for this.


20 posted on 05/22/2021 9:02:38 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Lift the rim. You’re not that good a shot.)
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