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The economic results of America’s ongoing experiment with COVID-19 top-down authoritarianism are in, and they provided for the clearest picture to date about the very real, devastating side effects of lockdowns.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has made available a series of new statistics highlighting the unemployment figures from January (pre-pandemic mania) 2020 when compared to January of 2021, and the difference in outcomes is staggering.
As you can see by the chart posted by Phil Kerpen, South Dakota, which has remained open over the course of the past year, has the best numbers on record. Under Governor Kristi Noem’s leadership, South Dakota registered both the lowest percentage increase of unemployment, in addition to the lowest overall unemployment percentage.
Of the remaining 9 states with the best unemployment numbers, every state but Vermont took a more minimalist approach to COVID-19 restrictions.
On the other side of the spectrum, here’s a list of the states that saw a spike in unemployment of 4 percent or more since January, 2020:
California
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Hawaii
Illinois
Nevada
Massachusetts
All of the aforementioned states instituted major lockdowns that were intended to stop the annual respiratory sickness season from occurring, but failed to do so. These policies did in fact detonate their respective economies. Moreover, most of these states continue to have major restrictions in place that will keep unemployment moving in the wrong direction.
After a full year of evaluating the data, it’s clear that there was no threat to states that allowed the economy and society to flourish. It took courage for these political leaders to stand up to COVID mania, and their states have been rewarded in the form of a more thriving economy and society.
States like New York and California, where millions have been driven into financial ruin, imposed top-down draconian measures in order to “stop the spread.” They have only registered significantly worse outcomes, on both a disease burden front in addition to the ruinous economic and societal side effects of lockdowns. Not a single top-down restriction supposedly intended to “stop the spread” did anything statistically demonstrable to quell the virus problem.
Reprinted from the author’s blog
Please go to the article to see the charts. I posted them but then they were too small to be seen
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has made available a series of new statistics highlighting the unemployment figures from January (pre-pandemic mania) 2020 when compared to January of 2021, and the difference in outcomes is staggering.
As you can see by the chart posted by Phil Kerpen, South Dakota, which has remained open over the course of the past year, has the best numbers on record. Under Governor Kristi Noem’s leadership, South Dakota registered both the lowest percentage increase of unemployment, in addition to the lowest overall unemployment percentage.
Of the remaining 9 states with the best unemployment numbers, every state but Vermont took a more minimalist approach to COVID-19 restrictions.
On the other side of the spectrum, here’s a list of the states that saw a spike in unemployment of 4 percent or more since January, 2020:
California
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Hawaii
Illinois
Nevada
Massachusetts
All of the aforementioned states instituted major lockdowns that were intended to stop the annual respiratory sickness season from occurring, but failed to do so. These policies did in fact detonate their respective economies. Moreover, most of these states continue to have major restrictions in place that will keep unemployment moving in the wrong direction.
After a full year of evaluating the data, it’s clear that there was no threat to states that allowed the economy and society to flourish. It took courage for these political leaders to stand up to COVID mania, and their states have been rewarded in the form of a more thriving economy and society.
States like New York and California, where millions have been driven into financial ruin, imposed top-down draconian measures in order to “stop the spread.” They have only registered significantly worse outcomes, on both a disease burden front in addition to the ruinous economic and societal side effects of lockdowns. Not a single top-down restriction supposedly intended to “stop the spread” did anything statistically demonstrable to quell the virus problem.
Reprinted from the author’s blog
Please go to the article to see the charts. I posted them but then they were too small to be seen
Unemployment in Free vs. Locked-Down States
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Employment
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Business
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Edited 3 y ago
Posted 3 y ago
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Thank you for posting a truth the left would very much like to keep hidden. Unfortunately, as long as those states keep getting bailouts, err covid relief, the voters won't care to demand freedom.
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Things are getting somewhat better but never will be the same without all those losses, But we can look to the Hills for who Our help comes from, or just Try to believe something greater than our selves will help us
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And now, if we just cross reference this list with who got the most governmental money in the latest bill, we see.....
No.
That can't be right.
You mean?
States got paid by the federal government for hurting their own economies and instituting authoritarian measures to lock down their people? It is almost as if the Democrats in the federal government are ENCOURAGING this.
But that couldn't be right.
Could it?
No.
That can't be right.
You mean?
States got paid by the federal government for hurting their own economies and instituting authoritarian measures to lock down their people? It is almost as if the Democrats in the federal government are ENCOURAGING this.
But that couldn't be right.
Could it?
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