Thanks tomkat.
Posted on 03/27/2020 8:02:00 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Consider, for a moment, what ideas Americans seem to have generally accepted in the last few weeks.
First, there seems to no longer be a question as to whether or not the government has a responsibility to ensure health care for American citizens. The prospect of some hospitals, in some specific locales, exceeding health care capacity has caused the bulk of the American economy, at the behest of government, to simply stop functioning in order to avoid it. In other words, the health of a comparative few is of far greater importance than the personal, financial, and social interests of the many. If we accept that as gospel and the creed of our governance, as it seems we have, then how is Medicare-for-All anything less than a moral imperative?
Secondly, there no longer seems to be any question as to whether our government needs to act swiftly and decisively to defend against an invisible threat which presents an unknown, and unknowable, future impact, even if that means destroying American free enterprise, and the lives and livelihoods of countless millions. Green New Deal, anyone?
Thirdly, this crisis appears to have nullified any devotion to the concept of individual liberty among Americans. A friend in Chicago tells me that he and his young daughters daren’t risk even walking to the park that his tax dollars built, as he risks a $500 fine for doing so. The stiffest resistance encountered by the government officials imposing these infringements upon law-abiding citizens is the quiet grumbling that exists beneath all these loud sermons about “social distancing” and “flattening the curve.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
That ship sailed a long time ago.
If Pelosi’s face was not stretched so tight she would be smiling ear to ear.
Lol
The Democrat message is: “Stay home. Enjoy your time off. The evil corporations can afford to shut down indefinitely. Take a government check, instead. But remember to vote right, or that check will disappear...”
This has been building up since the late 60’s.
Great article, went to the source. But of course my phone was attacked by click bait and polls and ads.... hate that.
Ha! One more face-lift and she’ll have a beard
What..? Losing everyday and watching Trump’s numbers go up and up? Green bull shit is going nowhere and this crisis proves govern run healthcare as in Democrat controlled cities and states doesn’t work. And of course it has destroyed the Dover Dimwit. As I asked What do those /can the left enjoy?
They’ll be sorry in the long run, just wait.
bmp
I think the left wants to destroy Trump. But, more than that, the left wants to destroy individual liberty and freedom. They want to control every aspect of society. To set up the society the left wants, they must first destroy the society they hate.
"In other words, the health of a comparative few [emphasis added] is of far greater importance than the personal, financial, and social interests of the many."
Regarding the health of “a comparative few,” that is a hind-sight analysis imo.
Simply put, government leaders were probably early given projections about COVID-19 sickness and mortality rates that, despite hopefully good intentions of experts and their models, have now been determined to have generated bogus numbers concerning the virus.
Dr. Deborah Birx On The Imperial College Model Vs. The Oxford Model: “The Predictions Of The Models Don’t Match The Reality On The Ground
The models overestimated victim numbers I think, correction welcome.
On the other hand, the following rumor is still circulating.
Coronavirus - 21 Million Cellphones Disappeared in China
In fact, based on what I’ve read, I could already have had COVID-19 without knowing it, still practicing prevention while possibly now being immune to it anyway if so.
So the dust hasn’t settled on how dangerous the COVID-19 actually is imo, sadly partly due to “orange man bad” election year politics.
Take vitamin D3.
Send Democrats and RINOs home in November!
MAGA, also KAGA! (Keep America Great Always!)
Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA and stopping COVID-19 will effectively give fast-working Trump a third term in office imo.
Thanks tomkat.
I agree with most of this. Te fact that we have locked down most of the nation over this crap is the single most retarded thing I have seen in my lifetime.
I strongly feel that those in power around the world know this is a relatively mild thing and are using it to see how easy it is to cow their populations.
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