I have a solution. Less politics and more action. Mass reopening of businesses. Its your right and politicians of neither party can’t vote it up or down.
This. Exactly this.
If Italian restaurant owners can organize and decide as a massive block to re-open their establishments, and to shun mask requirements, it’s high time for those of us who live in lockdown states to start doing the same thing.
The biggest threat (and it is in fact a serious one) that restaurant/bar owners face is the loss of their liquor licenses.
Our favorite bar/grill, which we will drive out of our way to visit is owned by a very conservative person. It’s been there for 80 years. And, over that time, the neighborhood, which used to blue color, has been turned into a liberal cesspool.
The owner told my wife and I that if she gets one too many complaints leveled against her from a liberal customer (there aren’t hardly any, but they come in occasionally, I swear, just to see if there are any “rule breakers” present), that the health department will revoke their liquor license.
They have already been hurt terribly by the lockdowns. The loss of their license would mean the end.
I’m not a lawyer, but I believe that being forced to live in fear of losing one’s business for breaking unconstitutional laws, masquerading as “public and personal safety” qualifies as extortion.
Closer to home, we have already voted with our wallets. Businesses that don’t require masks, we trade with them.