Posted on 04/13/2024 8:19:04 AM PDT by george76
Government everywhere had us on lock-down while they were out PARTING on our dime
As a general observation:
America grows a huge amount of food. No reason to be hungry.
America produces a huge amount of energy. Plenty for our needs.
America could produce the manufactured goods we need, if we re-shored major industries.
Just about every problem we deal with every day is caused by government. If left to ourselves, we could build a paradise here. But government keeps “helping” us. Building a Great Society. Building Back Better. Fundamentally Transforming the country. And that’s why everything everywhere is screwed up.
Perhaps worse, the government pumped FIVE TRILLION into the economy triggering inflation that is costing EVERY American family $1,000 per month more than before. There are 84 million familes so that is an extra cost of $84 billion per month on Americans. For what? For nothing.
It’s not all Deep State’s fault.
We complied.
I hope we’ve learned our lesson.
“Covid” (Wuhan Virus) was the excuse government was looking for to destroy businesses and lives.
Government gained massive new powers, the super rich got much richer, the middle class got smaller. They all started saying “Build back better” at the exact same moment.
Almost like a plan.
It was our government.
Not Government but fear
This is an excellent point.
For some, the lesson was "comply or else have your life destroyed". I find it rather sad that at the mere mention of a "new strain" making the rounds, particularly during the winter, that so many here decided to start masking up again. Those who have been masking up are giving the stink-eye to others who aren't.
Just another way our politicians have pitted one set of Americans against another set. Race, politics, financial well-being, gender, abortion, COVID, ...
Be careful what you wish for.
A lot of people were really hurt by the actions of the government. Blaming covid may be all that is keeping them from completely losing their minds.
What Fauci missed was that nurses...every morning...took walks out in the sunshine...without masks...and beds were even set up outside because the fresh air and sunshine was healthy.
Fauci must have read that later...because all of a sudden...he was o9n an "throw open the windows" get the fans going...people died because they were confined...
I knew this country was doomed when I had to sit here and have Freepers scold me because I refused to shut down my business and hide under my bed during that fiasco.
“The Chinese communists may be responsible for unleashing Covid either intentionally (which no one dares to discuss) or through a negligent lab leak (about which our government did everything in its power to squelch any discussion).”
It isn’t outrageous to say the American government released it to replace Trump; cui bono?
I really subscribe to that because of the uneven measures applied; gathering were banned, unless they were anti-Trump protests or Antifa/BLM riots (for example). This demonstrated that the people forcing the measures on us didn’t believe in them themselves; at that point, what was the goal?
It makes no sense for the ChiComs to release something that killed a lot more of them, and destroyed their economy (probably permanently).
Hmm. A guy I owns 3 fitness clubs and during the china flu he got $500,000 from the feds. He was shocked he got it as they were contemplating closing the clubs. The clubs are thriving now and he retired from the day to day operations. Florida.
Deep State’s frontmen are idiots.
The people hiding behind them are not.
I wish I could find the article but during the first two weeks of the lockdown an economist wrote an article. In it he said restrictions could last until the end of May. After that the economy would be killed.
Our “experts” and “authorities” didn’t listen.
Deep State bribed biz owners so they’d be more willing to comply.
Sadly, it worked.
Absolutely spot on. And what the lockdowns didn’t kill, the vaccines will. The judgment that awaits those who concocted these serial crises is terrifying to contemplate.
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