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America Rises Up Against Lockdown
Across the country, US citizens are protesting the lockdown and stay-at-home orders imposed by the government. A battle is brewing between those who’d like to open up to save the economy. Those fearful of a worsening of the pandemic. It appears this battle will be drawn along party lines.
Americans are sick of staying home. That’s the message that protesters across the country sent this weekend. In states across the country, including Texas, Michigan and New Hampshire, citizens took to the streets to demand the lifting of pandemic-related social restrictions. The protesters have found a sympathetic ear in a very important man: the president.
Trump Ready to Open Up
Though he’s officially left the decision to reopen to individual state leaders, no one is left guessing as to how the president would like it. In response to the nationwide protests, Donald Trump tweeted, “Liberate Michigan!”
Critics called Donald Trump’s tweet an unprecedented endorsement of civil disobedience by a sitting president. Supporters say that the president is trying to prevent what could be astronomical economic costs. This can happen if the intense social distancing measures continue.
When to open back up is a matter of debate, and deals with two unknowns: how much worse the pandemic will get as we lift the lockdown, and how bad the economic costs will be if we don’t. However, citizens across the country, as well as the president, are right to be concerned about the toll this quarantine could have on the economy.
Expectations
U.S. Economic Growth Will Be Worse Than EU And #China via @forbes https://t.co/jwgxJzzaVh
— Kenneth 老百姓 Rapoza (@BRICbreaker) April 20, 2020
Barclay’s Capital, an investment banking company that monitors and predicts macroeconomic trends, expects the US to be one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. The company’s analysts expect the US economy to shrink by 6.5% in 2020. The US economy, which began the year running at full steam, is grinding to a screeching halt. For every week the lockdown continues, businesses inch toward failure. Additionally, millions of Americans will lose their jobs, and retirement accounts teeter on the cliff of a stock market collapse.
President Trump, known for a presidential victory that shocked pollsters, isn’t one to take projections as fate. He wants to avoid ending his first term in economic turmoil. Additionally, he understands that a cautious reopening of the economy is the only avenue back to prosperity. He also knows that his signature accomplishment, as promised during his 2016 campaign, has been roaring economic growth since his tenure began.
If Donald Trump is going to win in 2020, he’ll likely need the economy back on track. If he’s going to confront China over unfair trade practices, he’ll need to negotiate from a position of economic strength, as he has over the last three years. His reelection, and his legacy, depend on a powerful American economy in the years to come.
However, not everyone shares Donald Trump’s vision for the United States, and certainly not his interests.
Pandemic Response Along Party Lines
Predictably, the dilemma of when to open up the economy has taken on a political tone. This is true especially since Donald Trump made clear his support for lifting the lockdown.
Democratic leaders, including governors and congressmen, are up in arms over what they consider to be a premature rush to return to normal. They argue that the quarantine measures are necessary to slow the spread of the virus, but their opposition to the president’s position is predictable.
Most Republican leaders are coming out in favor of lifting the measures as soon as possible. They cite the economy and personal freedoms as the highest priorities to consider.
The positions make sense, given the philosophies of liberals and conservatives. Democrats generally favor more government control over individuals’ actions, in the interest of what they consider a greater social justice. Republicans, on the other hand, put a stronger emphasis on economic growth and personal liberties. They prefer to let people carry their own weight, and make their own choices.
The decision we face will determine the economic and public health costs of the months and perhaps years to come. However, it's importance may be even greater than that. The true choice is between turning to the government to take control of our lives in uncertain times or to take the wheel ourselves and face the future as free men.
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I see no reason why small and medium retail should not be allowed to open with number restrictions. I don’t think it is safe to open food yet unless there are extreme distance restrictions.
Yes, Yes, Yes, Lets allow these Murder/Suicidal Demon Possessed Freaks who demand to Die having a Great Mass Social Rave. Cuts down on the Over Population of Stupid and Makes more Space for the Illegals and Terrorist, and Organized Crime Syndicates a Better Opportunity to Thrive and Prosper. I will personally Text President to allow such Insanity to Happen so Real People can Get On With Their Honest Lives.
Donald, go back under your bed.
An ignorant mind is a fearful mind and fear makes you a slave! Go play with your ball and chain!
Tell us, Donald, when the Avian and Swine Flu hit, did you feel the same?
How about SARS or when China released MERS Virus, not once, but TWICE, “oh sorry it escaped from the lab”…did you feel the same?
And let us not forget the regular old flu season that haunts us EACH year? How many tens of thousands die, and have died just from THAT over the years? Almost 70,000 died in the 2017 flu season alone!
HINT, JUST FROM JANUARY 1, 2020-FEBRUARY 29, 2020 OVER 20,000 DIED AND ANOTHER 10,000 IN MARCH. (CDC Stats)
As of this writing there have been 39,083 deaths linked to Corona Virus (IF you can believe those numbers from the CDC).
YET, NOT ONE WORD FROM THE PRESS! NOT ONE GOVERNOR WANTED TO SHUT ANY BUSINESSES DOWN NOR WERE WE TOLD TO STAY IN OUR HOUSES! WHY NOT?
AGAIN, How long was the country shut down and people shuttered in their homes? Schools closed? Businesses closed?
Oh, that’s right NONE! NONE, ZERO! IT DIDN’T HAPPEN!!!
Of course, as we all know, after March EVERYONE who now dies, dies from the virus! Just follow the money! BOGUS numbers and corrupt Bolshevik politicians!
Whats happening to us has NOTHING to do with the virus, but the virus IS an excuse,like the old communist saying goes,( “Don’t let a good crisis go to waste!”) by the Bolsheviks in our government to grab power!
And that is what happens when people’s minds are filled with fear. I’m NOT minimizing the deaths from this virus, they are tragic, as is all the lives lost each year from viruses.
But, that is what viruses do…they make people sick and kill some of them!
Thats a fact of life! So lets move on!
Smart people are seeing through the BS AND the media driven fear…those who are able to think rationally, that is,and we are DONE with it!
We want to reopen our businesses and go back to work!
Because, I can tell you, that the Corona Virus will pale in comparison to the financial tsunami that is coming if we do not get up and running again!
Oh shut up
Why do I have to stay home just because 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are scared? How about 𝘆𝗼𝘂 stay home….𝘆𝗼𝘂 stay in 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 house indefinitely, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 wear a mask, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 socially distance yourself from me, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 avoid restaurants, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 avoid baseball games, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 stay off the roads, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 avoid malls and beaches and parks, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 believe the made up death numbers, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 believe the media hype, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 Get your toxic vaccine while avoiding vitamin C, sunshine and the things God gave us to actually heal,
I’m done playing 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 dumb game. We are not “all in this together.” I’m not wearing 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 dumb tin foil hat anymore. I’m no longer going to be a prisoner of your fear. I’m no longer staying in my house or catering to 𝘆𝗼𝘂 because 𝘆𝗼𝘂 are scared. I’m not wearing a mask and I’m not staying 6 feet away from you anymore because I’m not afraid of you. You are not my enemy and if I get sick, it’s not because of 𝘆𝗼𝘂, it’s because of me and my system, which not only have I been addressing for quite some time, but I also know how to treat if I get sick.
This virus (or whatever it is) is already circulating. Millions of people have already encountered it, as it’s been circulating around the world probably since last September. You WILL have to confront this thing, if you haven’t already. There is no way around it, unless you lock yourself up in your house and it somehow doesn’t manage to hop on some mail or some groceries that you ordered online.
𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 fear is not an excuse to destroy America. 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 fear is not my fear and your fear does not have the right to interfere with my life, my job, my income or my future as a free American citizen. So if you’re scared, you can just put your tin foil hat on, or even wrap foil all around your whole body – or around your whole house if you wish – but please keep your fear contained to your little corner of the world and don’t contaminate me or my family or my Country. I copied & pasted this from Grey Havens’ page it’s perfect!! 😎
BNA is good for Pushing Propaganda and Yesterdays News Articles that can be found on Hundreds of Websites but I haven’t noticed anything of Originality.
Or maybe some of the Indepth research I have gone through on Just about a Hundred Topics on the Lives of Ordinary People in the Various Social Classes.
I am noot impressed with this website.