'The Republican party has always shown that the lives they value are young, able-bodied, and ready to contribute to the economy' This man thinks your grandparents would die for the stock market
Just a week after urging Americans to stay at home, Republicans are already making a strong push to send the country back to work, covid-19 and all. President Trump is determined to pull the United States out of its economic slump in aand is willing to defy the guidance of his own health experts to do it.
It’s this prospect—a kickstart to the economy, human cost be damned—that excites craven capitalists like Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who suggested that he and other grandparents across the United States are willing to die so that people can go to work, spread coronavirus, and kill off the olds, so long as the economy gets running again.Advertisement “You know, Tucker, no one reached out to me and said as a senior citizen, ‘Are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?’” Patrick said. “And if that’s the exchange, I’m all in.”Patrick claimed he has spoken to “hundreds” in the last week who all agree that “we can’t lose our whole country” to a covid-19 related economic collapse. “My message is, let’s get back to work, let’s get back to living, let’s be smart about it, and those of us who are 70 plus—we’ll take care of ourselves—but don’t sacrifice the country, don’t do that, Don’t ruin this great American dream,” Patrick said.Of course, the only way to be smart about all of this is to do the exact opposite of what he’s suggesting: Public health experts have stressed that everyone other than essential workers
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