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| Will The Political Class Ever Be Held Liable For What They've Done? |
| 2020-05-23 |
| [AIER] Politically-dictated lockdowns and prohibitions have recently destroyed tens of millions of American jobs. Politicians have effectively claimed a right to inflict unlimited economic damage in pursuit of zero COVID-19 contagion. The perverse incentives driving the policy have multiplied the harm far beyond the original peril. Almost 40% of households earning less than $40,000 per year have someone who lost their job in recent months, according to the Federal Reserve. The Disaster Distress Helpline, a federal crisis hotline, received almost 900% more phone calls in March compared to a year ago. A recent JAMA Psychiatry analysis warned that stay-at-home orders and rising unemployment are a "perfect storm" for higher suicide rates. A California health organization recently estimated that up to 75,000 Americans could die from "despair" as a result of the pandemic, unemployment, and government restrictions. In the name of saving lives, politicians have entitled themselves to destroy an unlimited number of livelihoods. Politicians in many states responded to COVID-19 by dropping the equivalent of a Reverse Neutron Bomb — something which destroys the economy while supposedly leaving human beings unharmed. But the only way to assume people were uninjured is to believe their existence is totally detached from their jobs, bank accounts, and mortgage and rent payments. |
| Posted by:Clem |
| #12 #1 The whole reason they joined the political class is to avoid accountability. License to steal and do other nefarious things. Two systems of justice. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-05-23 16:47 |
| #11 ..its like a cops shooting. They get off but the city/state has to pay restitution. How about one generation exemption from any state income taxation? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-05-23 15:19 |
| #10 Does being a governor absolve you from criminal charges? I should think Cuomo could face manslaughter at the very least. Second Degree murder is not beyond possibility. But he's a hero and orange man bad. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-05-23 14:07 |
| #9 Ok, so if "sovereign immunity" shields this bastard from criminal charges, can Cuomo nonetheless be sued for civil damages - wrongful death for ex. - by the relatives of the thousands he killed? |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-23 09:06 |
| #8 /\ All the while simply saying he was ... "following guidance from the White House." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-23 08:59 |
| #7 Has anyone suggested Cuomo's motivation for returning the sick to the nursing homes was so I think he was going for a two-fer. He trims a little off his unfunded pension problem and he gets to inflate his Corvid mortility rate and get more funds. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2020-05-23 08:53 |
| #6 Has anyone suggested Cuomo's motivation for returning the sick to the nursing homes was so that the State would not have to pay for their care in the new Javitts Center hospital? 'Stick it to the private sector'? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-05-23 08:37 |
| #5 The entire point of a committee is to make sure no individual is ever on the hook for any bad decision or the fall-out from same. That's the exact approach of Charlie Baker in Mass. I heard this douchenozzle on Monday, announcing his 4-step plan to 'safely' re-open the economy (that he shut down unilaterally), with some paraphrasing - 'We're going to establish an advisory board, and a working committee to study this matter, and a blue ribbon panel that's really going to study this mattyer', etc. The Beacon Hill / government employee mentality was on full display; my bureaucracy bullshit meter broke instantly. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-05-23 08:37 |
| #4 They're playing with fire. If they set fire to the place (scorched earth aka if I can't rule, no one will), they'll find that instead of being in charge, they'll be marched up the steps to execution. It's the only way humans seem to learn from a history they've thrown away believing they're above it all. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-05-23 06:57 |
| #3 The entire point of a committee is to make sure no individual is ever on the hook for any bad decision or the fall-out from same. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-05-23 03:12 |
| #2 Will The Political Class Ever Be Held Liable For What They've Done? I see little evidence which might point to this happening. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-23 02:40 |
| #1 The whole reason they joined the political class is to avoid accountability. The only other way to achieve that end would be to become a Twitch thot, and that's not an option for the average pol. I don't expect to see anything happen to them under the current state of affairs. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-05-23 01:00 |