The title of this post came to mind when I read this morning's headline in the Democratic Party Newsletter, aka The Washington Post*:
Biden plans to move fast on the pandemic and the economy
Quite frankly this whole-hog determination that the federal gubmnt must do something about these two issues bothers me.
Pandemic policies should be and have mostly been up to the states, not the federal gubmnt (similarly here in Canada, it's mostly up to the provinces). The feds can help by collecting and disseminating information [which the CDC and the Timid Tam have failed miserably at doing] but it's not up to the feds to impose nation-wide restrictions. We're wrong to listen to and look to our federal leaders on this issue. So lefties, stop blaming Trump; righties, stop blaming Trudeau and Tam.
Back in January, when China and the WHO were lying to the world about the nature of Covid19, the federal gubmnts could have done more by imposing strict tests and restrictions on international travelers. But instead they called out the ostriches and denied the seriousness of the issue, hid facts, and actually lied about the usefulness of masks.
So now, what is Biden going to do about the pandemic and the economy?
Well, he's going to do something, and that has to be good.
I doubt it. He'll meddle. He'll hire and take more advice from members of the elitist interventionist caste, and he'll claim victory as the pandemic begins to fade next year and as the economy continues to rebound (assuming the Fed doesn't mess up horribly).
Let's hope he doesn't muck up the middle east peace process. He has a chance of continuing the good work going on there.
* Yes, I have subscription to the Washington Post. They have a very low subscription fee for international subscribers, and we are willing to pay that just to get their crossword puzzles, which we print off and do at our leisure.