Florida Governor, at Long Last, Orders Residents to Stay Home to Avoid Coronavirus
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/us/coronavirus-florida-de-santis-trump.html
Gov. Ron DeSantis said the decision corresponded with the “national pause” effectively recommended by the White House.
MIAMI — Florida’s coronavirus cases kept ballooning, especially in the dense neighborhoods of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Hospitals in Fort Myers and Naples begged for donations of masks and other protective equipment. Young people started to die.
And still, Gov. Ron DeSantis resisted. The man entrusted with keeping many of the country’s grandparents safe did not want to dictate that all Floridians had to stay at home.
What it took for Mr. DeSantis to change his mind on Wednesday and finally issue a statewide order were a phone call with President Trump...
You think military service is living on taxpayer money? Have you ever been in the service (I already know your answer to that)?
The 10 years of infantry I served was far from living in the taxpayer’s dime (while I paid taxes out of my pay as well).