The Plague II

Look, what do you say to this? What if we just abolish speed limits, even around schools? Let anyone who wants to tear right through this town at a 110 mph.

Or let’s keep the government from intervening with drunken driving. Let’s eliminate all penalties for driving under the influence. What do you say?

Let’s eliminate the penalties imposed on dealers of hard drugs. Let them sell whatever they want to whomever they want, in supermarkets, on the street, and in schools.

Let’s tell the government to stop plowing the highways in the winter. Tell state police to stop patrolling to prevent crime. Tell Washington to stop paying retired folks their social security, to eliminate Medicare and Medicaid,. Tell the government to let industry spill all the poisons they want into our rivers and streams. Tell the government to eliminate laws against child labor and let employers pay children and other workers $2 an hour.

I’m not done. Let’s make a clean sweep. Let’s eliminate rule of law. If somebody ticks you off, just beat the hell out of him, or, if you think it is merited, kill him.

Are you willing to sign on to that? All those “Communist” interventions are designed to ensure the safety and health of each and all of us. Are you willing to let anybody for any reason endanger the life or health of anyone else? No? Well, that’s what I thought.

So keep your distance and wear a mask.

January 1, 2021