CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 22,2020
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING ALL IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.. HE SAID IT’S BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS AND TO PROTECT AMERICAN JOBS, WHICH DON’T REALLY EXIST AT THE MOMENT DUE TO SO MANY HAVING BEEN FURLOUGHED OR ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED. THIRTEEN AND ONE-HALF PERCENT OF THE WORKFORCE AND 10 YEARS OF JOB GROWTH HAVE BEEN WIPED-OUT IN A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO MONTHS BECAUSE OF COVID-19. AT LEAST 22 MILLION AMERICANS ARE OUT OF WORK. MIGRANT FARM WORKERS ARE THOUGHT TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE ORDER. THESE ARE DEPRESSION-LIKE NUMBERS.
PRESSURE IS MOUNTING TO GET BUSINESSES OPEN AGAIN. THE GOVERNORS OF TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA HAVE ANNOUNCED THE LIFTING OF BANS ON SOME BUSINESSES, INCLUDING RESTAURANTS, SO LONG AS SOCIAL DISTANCING AND GOOD HYGIENE ARE PRACTICED. CLEARLY WE CAN’T GO ON LIKE THIS OR THE CURE WILL BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE. THE LEFT APPEARS TO BE FINE WITH IT. THEY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DAMAGE PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT HAVE NO SOLUTIONS, ONLY CRITICISM.
IF EVER THERE WAS A CASE FOR PRAYING WITHOUT CEASING, THIS IS IT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
