tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post6446221898611082944..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Friday HodgepodgeGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-56712283074169694932022-01-21T17:25:59.575-06:002022-01-21T17:25:59.575-06:00Steve,
thanks for reminding me of Kristi Noem. I ...Steve,<br /><br />thanks for reminding me of Kristi Noem. I haven't followed her since the beginning of the pandemic, but her policies were definitely closer to what we should have had then.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-77757272577901554442022-01-21T17:04:15.908-06:002022-01-21T17:04:15.908-06:00'For the same reason DeSantis didn't nip &...'For the same reason DeSantis didn't nip "lockdowns" in the bud, he's now forbidding companies from making their own policies'<br />Exactly. Good connection. This is pragmatism at best, politics at worst. DeSantis opposes lockdowns only because they he thinks don't work, because he thinks it will help him get elected or because he likes to trigger his opponents.<br />It's also interesting to look at the contrast with Kristy Noem (and to a lesser extent several other mid-Western governors) who took the opposite approach. She did not institute a lockdown, and she did not forbid companies from making their own policies (she was heavily criticized by conservatives for that), suggesting that principle was at least partly responsible for her decisions.<br />Note: The state governments can and should forbid local governments (not businesses) from instituting mandates. <br />SteveDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02293013458202819071noreply@blogger.com