As we hope for useful action by our country in battling Covid, our government/scientific authorities are backpedaling in response to pressure from moneyed groups rather than sticking to collecting facts as they occur/can be verified. The damage done to our country by various levels of government in answering “appeals to authority” and “appeals to desperation”—both fallacies of logic—will haunt us for a generation or two and pave the way for our population in further abdicating their independence, responsibility, and authority to a progressive “nanny state”. As happened after 9/11 we will not see a return of those liberties we have so willingly given up to the state.
Regarding moving the country forward in business and infrastructure, please note that the Republicans have been advocating that the 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure program be largely funded by over $700 billion dollars already “created” for Covid relief but not spent. And they have proposed these monies be spent on true…
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