Would someone please wake me up from this horrific nightmare?
Even as confirmed deaths from Covid-19 in the U.S.A. now sit at 52,000 and twenty-six million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits (with perhaps ten to twelve million more who qualify but haven't been even able to start the process of filing), the federal government continues to fail us.
The President has openly talked of imposing restrictions on aid to states and cities based on their policies, including cities that are sanctuary cities. The Attorney General is actively pursuing
the taking of legal action against states that refuse to end lock down orders. A ten billion dollar
loan to the Postal Service that was authorized by Congress almost a month ago has yet to be released by the Treasury Department.
Need I go on? Shall I go on?
Congress continues to do nothing more for we, the people. The scheduled return of our Senators and Representatives, which was set for next week, has now been delayed indefinitely.
We continue to deal with an unprecedented crisis on a state-by-state basis.
Some states have lifted their lock down orders. Five states never put such an order into place to begin with. Others have continued to extend them, as New York has done several times now.
The Vice-President visited the Mayo Clinic earlier this week, and to just about no one's surprise, didn't wear a mask.
What's so sad about all this is that lock down orders have worked. Using masks has worked.
Social distancing has worked. Yet, our so-called leaders not only discourage what works,
they have insisted, and continue to insist on actively shutting it all down.
We, the people, have already sacrificed far more than we ever should have had to.
When will those we elected to govern us rise up and meet the challenge they face?
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