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A GOP senator is saying that the Chinese government should pay the United States government for “damages” caused by the coronavirus.
But the sad truth is, the U.S. response and the governors of individual states have already done far more damage to the country than this virus could ever have hoped. Yes, people have lost their lives because they were infected, but far more are going to lose their lives to suicide or worse as their livelihoods have now vanished in the wake of shutting down the entire economy. The future death toll from the fallout of the shutting down the economy will dwarf whatever the actual deaths from this virus will be and that’s the real tragedy. As Thomas Sowell said, “There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.”
The text of Senator Josh Hawley’s resolution, which was introduced with a companion resolution in the House from Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican, calls for the United States and other nations to “design a mechanism for delivering compensation” for the coronavirus outbreak. The resolution does not specify how much money the Chinese government should pay.
The cost of Beijing’s criminal conduct should be assessed and they should pay damages to USA and the world
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 24, 2020
It can also be guaranteed that the Americans who lost businesses thanks to the government’s tyrannical and authoritarian overreaction won’t see one penny of the compensation, and that’s IF the government can even force China to somehow pay. Hawley says China should pay though because they lied to the entire world about where the coronavirus came from.
“The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) was aware of the reality of the virus as early as December but ordered laboratories to destroy samples and forced doctors to keep silent. It is time for an international investigation into the role their cover-up played in the spread of this devastating pandemic. The CCP must be held to account for what the world is now suffering,” he said.
Also on Tuesday, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced the “No CHINA Act,” legislation that would ensure no money appropriated by Congress in fiscal 2020, including relief funds used to prop up American businesses reeling from quarantine orders, goes toward supporting China.
Hawley, Gaetz, and other lawmakers have criticized the Chinese Communist Party for stifling whistleblowers and for not responding more quickly and transparently when it first learned about the highly contagious, flu-like disease late last year. President Trump has repeatedly referred to the disease as the “Chinese virus,” placing blame for its spread on China, where the coronavirus is widely believed to have originated.
In recent weeks, Chinese officials have accused the U.S. military of planting the virus in Wuhan, China, which has earned stern rebukes from U.S. officials. –Washington Examiner
U.S. markets have plummeted since the start of the outbreak, and businesses have been shut down across the country to stop to spread of the virus. An official at the Federal Reserve estimated that unemployment in the U.S. could hit 30% because of the United States government’s response to the pandemic. Some businesses that have closed will never reopen. A large portion of our society has lost their livelihood and their standard of living is about to tank because of it. That isn’t the fault of the Chinese government, but the U.S. government.
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Good Luck !
Let them eat cash.
When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.
Americans died of the coronavirus in 2019 prior to the Wuhan outbreak. Many pnuemonia deaths attributed to vaping were later found to be coronavirus deaths, resulting in anti-vaping laws.
Not sure how many Chinese businesses that this would affect, but my guess is that this is more of a third rate PR stunt.
Third rate PR stunts is what politicians do prolifically, and is why they are detested, aside from prolific Bullshitting!
Note To TPTB- Stop the Bullshit! You are embarassing every American!
You reek!
You can then use your winnings, to prop up cultural Marxists, like in the sotu.
Or, getting another idea…
You said, you know where the original lab was located?
No, The Queen of England, Pirbright Group (owner of COVID-19 patent and vaccine for it) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation should pay reparations, including all of the above being put in JAIL for the rest of their miserable lives.
https://aim4truth.org/2020/03/25/invisible-enemy-revealed/