Finley: A dictator in Lansing, plus a debt we'll never repay

Finley: A dictator in Lansing, plus a debt we'll never repay

"Here's what's changed in Michigan's response to the COVID-19 crisis: Instead of a government that adheres to the state Constitution, it has a governor who has claimed dictatorial authority.

...The extension expires again on Thursday, and the governor will not go to the Legislature for approval to keep her orders in place. Instead, she will act unilaterally to give herself total control, with no checks on her actions.

This is a dangerous place to be, particularly when no one can say for certain when the crisis will end. She's already abused her powers for political purposes by hiring a firm tightly bound to the Democratic Party to track virus data. 

Ruining the future

...Cities and states are asking for a new bill to bail them out. If history is a guide, that $2 trillion plus will never come off the books. And the debt will never be repaid.

Etc.

We may never know how many people actually die of COVID-19. Even before the virus, one-in-three death certificates listed the wrong cause of death, thanks to miserably incompetent reporting procedures at the local level...

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