Saturday, March 21, 2020

Evers receives unwanted advice from GOP 'leaders' with nothing to add

Fear not, Bucky: the hopelessly addicted political GOP geniuses in the State Capitol found a way to manufacturer a coronavirus crisis headline for themselves in Wisconsin.

Apparently jonesing in isolation without interviews worth giving or politics to usefully play, Scott Fitzgerald, Robin Vos, et al decided to go public when no one asked them to and pretend that their concerns about Wisconsin's economy exceeds those of Gov. Evers.
GOP leaders ask Tony Evers not to place further restrictions on businesses
"The consequences felt by citizens and small businesses around the state has [Sic] already been tremendous,” the lawmakers said in a statement. “As we move forward together in this fight to defeat the virus, we must keep in mind that the people we serve need the jobs they have today to help weather this storm. Continued economic activity will not only help us in our fight against this virus today, it will also ensure that we don't have to fight to recover from economic collapse tomorrow.” 
Gee: Some really original bold and constructive ideas here, minus that grammatical glitch, from this guy and a few of his closest friends. 
Vos and the State Capitol Walkerites have been dragging Evers down since the day he was elected.
Taking economic advice from people who pledged billions of tax dollars to Foxconn - - an archive of Foxconn posts is here - - for perhaps some big coffee machines produced for airports is a bit like taking pharmacological advice from the failed casino operator busy bloviating in the White House, which is why the pointless GOP words pale in comparison to real facts in the Journal Sentinel's story, above:
Columbia University researchers estimate the percentage of Wisconsin residents infected in the state’s most populous counties could reach 65% in Milwaukee County by July and 74% in Dane County by June — infecting 610,000 and 360,000 people in each county, respectively — without severe restrictions in place similar to ones Evers has ordered. 
Under measures like closing schools and restaurants, working remotely, banning large gatherings and a strict adherence across the country to social distancing, that infection rate drops dramatically to 2% of Milwaukee County residents and Dane County residents by the end of July.  
If these leading GOP politicians really have nothing better to do - - in Fitzgerald's case, remember he's still holding hostage seven of eight measures to aid the now-even more vulnerable homes - - and want to do something other more collect their taxpayer-paid salaries while heading into months and months of scheduled recess time off - - there are private sector opportunities available right now which would help them get involved and give back:
Domino's experts to hire 10,000 workers.
The company is looking for delivery drivers, pizza makers, customer service representatives, managers and licensed truck drivers for its supply chain centers. The need will vary based on individual stores. 

1 comment:

Katrina said...

They should instead be asking the Governor to take decisive action and close down everything. It is confusing that the governor is trying to strike the right balance when we will never know if we did enough or could have done more. Please Governor Evers, shut it down. Don't rely on people to do the right thing.