ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
then the economy should be opened back up right?I did complain about Obama's EOs, sure and I have complained recently about Trumps gathering authority that most people are unaware of.I find it interesting that a lot of conservatives on here were bitching that Obama was becoming a dictator and doing things that he wasn't authorized to do.
Trump on the other hand, is seeing how far he can push the envelope. If Obama had done even a third of what Trump has done so far, he would have been ran out of town on a rail.
You guys bitched incessantly about how Obama was lining the pockets of his friends with Solyndra (he wasn't by the way), yet you don't say anything when Trump has it written into the bill that specialty farmers (those who grow grapes for wine) will be allowed to get money as well. Trump stands to collect 2.2 million from this bill.
I have not seen that Trump has acted any differently than Obama.
In fact, I've seen people on your side, actually demanding that Trump use executive orders.
What is ridiculous is that when Obama was pushing the envelope, no one on the left complained. When Trump hasn't done anything more than Obama, they claim it's pushing the envelope.
It's amazing how the standard changes to fit who is in office.
All that said... I personally am against all subsidies, all to them, and against executive orders. I was against it under Obama, and now I'm against it under Trump.
Sorry, but I'm not smart enough, or have all the data available, to make such a judgement.
At a glance, it appears that there is no logical reason to have the economy shut down. It does not appear as though any of our efforts have actually had a positive effect.
When I look around the world, I don't see that the lock downs have significantly reduced the spread, or that countries with more liberal policies, have had significantly higher infections and deaths.
But you need to remember, I'm operating on a tiny fraction of the knowledge out there. So I don't know.
You said at a glance, it appears there is no logical reason for a shutdown.
When this first started, CA and NY were showing the virus increasing at roughly the same levels. CA decided to do a shut down 2 weeks before NY did, and they have managed to flatten the curve on their outbreaks quite a bit better.