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1. Land of the Unfree
Here is the latest list of states that have “entirely” or “mostly” shutdown their economies.
1. Land of the Unfree
Here is the latest list of states that have “entirely” or “mostly” shutdown their economies.
1A. We are offering a free lifetime subscription to the Hotline for anyone who can tell us what these 10 states have in common. Start playing the Jeopardy music, please.
1B. States that Have Shuttered Businesses:
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• New Mexico
• California
• Oregon
• Washington
• Minnesota
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Rhode Island
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• New Mexico
• California
• Oregon
• Washington
• Minnesota
• Illinois
• Michigan
• Rhode Island
2. Lockdowns Are the Great Unequalizer
And speaking of lockdowns, will someone please tell Dem politicians that no single act in modern times has widened the gap between rich and poor more than the closures of our economy? You don’t have to take our word for it:
And speaking of lockdowns, will someone please tell Dem politicians that no single act in modern times has widened the gap between rich and poor more than the closures of our economy? You don’t have to take our word for it:
2A. Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the leftist National Low Income Housing Coalition says: “The majority of the up to 17 million households at risk of losing their homes this winter are people of color.”
2B. Politico reports that minorities and the poor “have been more vulnerable to job and income losses from the ensuing economic crisis, in large part because Black and Latino workers are over-represented in the service industries wiped out by shutdowns.”
2C. James Parrott a left-of-center economist at the New York City New School says that what we are experiencing is “the most lopsided economic event imaginable.”
2D. For once, liberals are spot on. Yes, what is going on in America today is crushing the little guy. As Arthur Laffer, Walter Williams, & so many other great economists have always said: the poor and minorities are the first victims of anti-growth & boneheaded public policies.
2E. So why is the left all in on lockdowns? Could it be that they are really about power not helping the poor? https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/12/14/the-most-lopsided-economic-event-imaginable-wave-of-evictions-threatens-black-latino-tenants-1346648
3. Bill Gates Is Surprised Lockdowns Hurt The Economy
Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced that "the thing that has surprised me [about the pandemic] is the economic impact in the U.S. and around the world has been much greater than the forecasts that I made five years ago.”
Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced that "the thing that has surprised me [about the pandemic] is the economic impact in the U.S. and around the world has been much greater than the forecasts that I made five years ago.”
3A. We’re surprised he’s surprised. What did he think would happen when all the brick and mortar stores shut down? But even though he now acknowledges the destruction, he said it’s “appropriate” that bars and restaurants to close over the next "four to six months.”
3B. No one told him that restaurants are involved in less than 1.5 percent of virus cases.
3C. Gates is an icon in so many ways, and he has done much to reduce global poverty. But when it comes to the pandemic, rich liberal elites ignore both evidence and logic as they propose policies that ruin people’s lives. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-gates-on-the-next-few-months-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-its-bad-news-11607893787
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