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Too Much "Small Government" Caused the Covid Crisis
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:17 am
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:17 am
just wow. these people need to read a history book
This NYTimes Writer Thinks Too Much "Small Government" Caused the Covid Crisis
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TAGS U.S. History
3 HOURS AGOAlice Salles
What’s the big lesson New York Times readers are getting after a year of coronavirus? America’s small government and frugal spending habit caused the unprecedented economic disaster, according to an op-ed by Zachary D. Carter.
Carter’s devotion to John Maynard Keynes and his interventionist economic ideology seems to blind him to reality. That sounds harsh, but how else can one explain Carter postulating that the US government had “[gotten] out of the way for decades” leading up to March 2020?
Carter necessarily finds that the transformation from “a manageable [health] emergency into a national calamity” was the consequence of too little government involvement and spending, most importantly.
To him, the robust, meddlesome, permanent bureaucracy in Washington, DC, is nothing but a mirage.
Despite his claims, and the fact that his article was published by the prestigious New York Times, the reality is that America’s spending has only grown over the decades.
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This NYTimes Writer Thinks Too Much "Small Government" Caused the Covid Crisis
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14 COMMENTS
TAGS U.S. History
3 HOURS AGOAlice Salles
What’s the big lesson New York Times readers are getting after a year of coronavirus? America’s small government and frugal spending habit caused the unprecedented economic disaster, according to an op-ed by Zachary D. Carter.
Carter’s devotion to John Maynard Keynes and his interventionist economic ideology seems to blind him to reality. That sounds harsh, but how else can one explain Carter postulating that the US government had “[gotten] out of the way for decades” leading up to March 2020?
Carter necessarily finds that the transformation from “a manageable [health] emergency into a national calamity” was the consequence of too little government involvement and spending, most importantly.
To him, the robust, meddlesome, permanent bureaucracy in Washington, DC, is nothing but a mirage.
Despite his claims, and the fact that his article was published by the prestigious New York Times, the reality is that America’s spending has only grown over the decades.
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Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:19 am to djmed
I'm old enough to remember when Trump wanted to shut down the borders to Chinese travelers and liberals called him racist.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:19 am to djmed
lol
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:20 am to djmed
Too much small
:brain explodes:
:brain explodes:
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:23 am to djmed
He's right. If the government just killed all the citizens, COVID would disappear overnight. Crime and poverty too!
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:23 am to djmed
China invented the virus with funding provided by big government American Democrats.
Factcheck: FALSE!
Factcheck: FALSE!
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:24 am to djmed
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frugal spending habit
$27 trillion in debt lol
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:30 am to djmed
People like Zach (lol with the H) have an incoherent view of the "covid disaster" and reality. It was a disaster that other states had the gall of handling it in a different fashion than his prefered response in his municipality due to hundreds of variables. I can't tell if people like him are lying or really believe the hysteria.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 10:32 am to SCLibertarian
$162 trillion in unfunded liabilites. We're rich though 
Posted on 3/26/21 at 11:10 am to djmed
Well let’s look at Big Government results.
1) It started in Huge Government National Socialist China.
2)
A)
As per European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
An agency of the European Union, March 11, 2021:
Note: doesn’t include UK numbers! As of 24 March 2021, there have been 4.3 million cases confirmed and 126,172 deaths overall among people who had recently tested positive. Bold added to EU data.
-As of week 2021-11, 25 220 376 (29,500,000)cases have been reported in the EU/EEA: France (4 282 603), Italy (3 376 376), Spain (3 228 803), Germany (2 667 225), Poland (2 073 129), Czechia (1 467 333), Netherlands (1 206 281), Romania (900 858), Belgium (840 309), Portugal (817 778), Sweden (755 637), Hungary (580 642), Austria (511 662), Slovakia (349 270), Bulgaria (303 423), Croatia (257 789), Greece (237 125), Ireland (230 599), Denmark (226 277), Lithuania (209 340), Slovenia (206 317), Latvia (97 409), Estonia (96 394), Norway (86 939), Finland (72 073), Luxembourg (59 416), Cyprus (42 218), Malta (28 319), Iceland (6 119) and Liechtenstein (2 713).
-As of week 2021-11, 592 929 (719,101)deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA: Italy (104 942), France (92 305), Germany (74 714), Spain (73 543), Poland (49 365), Czechia (24 810), Belgium (22 725), Romania (22 268), Hungary (18 451), Portugal (16 784), Netherlands (16 270), Sweden (13 314), Bulgaria (12 019), Slovakia (9 104), Austria (8 836), Greece (7 462), Croatia (5 786), Ireland (4 587), Slovenia (4 259), Lithuania (3 486), Denmark (2 402), Latvia (1 826), Finland (808), Estonia (797), Luxembourg (718), Norway (649), Malta (373), Cyprus (243), Liechtenstein (54) and Iceland (29).
B)
United States COVID-19 Statistics
Updated Mar 26, 2021 @ 11:11am EDT
POPULATION 330,756,000 (445,000,000 Europe)
CASES
30,081,432 (29,500,000 Europe)
TOTAL
9.09% PER CAPITA (6.63% PER CAPITA Europe)
DEATHS
546,830 (719,101 Europe)
TOTAL
0.165% PER CAPITA (0.162% PER CAPITA Europe)
Wow something’s NOT RIGHT!
U S has a fatality rate of 1.82% per case, but Europe has a rate of 2.44%!?
Either the U.S. is over reporting its cases, and/or Europe is under reporting its cases, OR European socialized medicine SUCKS!
But, looking at the numbers, it’s like the virus couldn’t give a shite less about big or small government. But, statistical gathering and/or medical quality does!
1) It started in Huge Government National Socialist China.
2)
A)
As per European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
An agency of the European Union, March 11, 2021:
Note: doesn’t include UK numbers! As of 24 March 2021, there have been 4.3 million cases confirmed and 126,172 deaths overall among people who had recently tested positive. Bold added to EU data.
-As of week 2021-11, 25 220 376 (29,500,000)cases have been reported in the EU/EEA: France (4 282 603), Italy (3 376 376), Spain (3 228 803), Germany (2 667 225), Poland (2 073 129), Czechia (1 467 333), Netherlands (1 206 281), Romania (900 858), Belgium (840 309), Portugal (817 778), Sweden (755 637), Hungary (580 642), Austria (511 662), Slovakia (349 270), Bulgaria (303 423), Croatia (257 789), Greece (237 125), Ireland (230 599), Denmark (226 277), Lithuania (209 340), Slovenia (206 317), Latvia (97 409), Estonia (96 394), Norway (86 939), Finland (72 073), Luxembourg (59 416), Cyprus (42 218), Malta (28 319), Iceland (6 119) and Liechtenstein (2 713).
-As of week 2021-11, 592 929 (719,101)deaths have been reported in the EU/EEA: Italy (104 942), France (92 305), Germany (74 714), Spain (73 543), Poland (49 365), Czechia (24 810), Belgium (22 725), Romania (22 268), Hungary (18 451), Portugal (16 784), Netherlands (16 270), Sweden (13 314), Bulgaria (12 019), Slovakia (9 104), Austria (8 836), Greece (7 462), Croatia (5 786), Ireland (4 587), Slovenia (4 259), Lithuania (3 486), Denmark (2 402), Latvia (1 826), Finland (808), Estonia (797), Luxembourg (718), Norway (649), Malta (373), Cyprus (243), Liechtenstein (54) and Iceland (29).
B)
United States COVID-19 Statistics
Updated Mar 26, 2021 @ 11:11am EDT
POPULATION 330,756,000 (445,000,000 Europe)
CASES
30,081,432 (29,500,000 Europe)
TOTAL
9.09% PER CAPITA (6.63% PER CAPITA Europe)
DEATHS
546,830 (719,101 Europe)
TOTAL
0.165% PER CAPITA (0.162% PER CAPITA Europe)
Wow something’s NOT RIGHT!
U S has a fatality rate of 1.82% per case, but Europe has a rate of 2.44%!?
Either the U.S. is over reporting its cases, and/or Europe is under reporting its cases, OR European socialized medicine SUCKS!
But, looking at the numbers, it’s like the virus couldn’t give a shite less about big or small government. But, statistical gathering and/or medical quality does!
Posted on 3/26/21 at 11:12 am to djmed
So countries with top-down governmental control did much better based on the scientific data?
Posted on 3/26/21 at 11:12 am to djmed
I believe it was George Will, but I recall reading that the liberal's solution to every conceivable problem is ... "MORE!"
As the decades have passed, I have only become more convinced of the truth of this witticism.
As the decades have passed, I have only become more convinced of the truth of this witticism.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 11:19 am to djmed
quote:
Too Much "Big Government" Caused the Covid Crisis
FIFY.
COVID-19 didn't close anything down. The federal, state, and local gov'ts did that. If we've learned anything from this it's that we need to limit gov't control over our lives.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 11:21 am to the808bass
quote:
So countries with top-down governmental control did much better based on the scientific data?
Or, top-down governmental control did a much better job of fabricating the data.
Posted on 3/26/21 at 11:23 am to djmed
quote:
Carter necessarily finds that the transformation from “a manageable [health] emergency into a national calamity” was the consequence of too little government involvement and spending, most importantly.
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