{"id":16437,"date":"2020-03-23T06:47:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=16437"},"modified":"2020-03-23T06:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:54:44","slug":"in-this-crisis-we-need-the-free-market-now-more-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/03\/23\/in-this-crisis-we-need-the-free-market-now-more-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"In This Crisis, We Need The Free Market Now More Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16438\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-chan-animated.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stock market crashing, people being laid off, and small businesses shuttering for good. The measures needed to combat the <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">COVID-19<\/span> <em>Xinnie the Flu\u2019s Wuhan Bat Soup Death Plague Bio-Weapon of Doom (with Sprinkles*)<\/em> have caused massive economic damage\u2014and a shortage of toilet paper\u2014around the globe. While the People\u2019s Republic of China is solving their problem with slave labor from pesky ethnic groups, there are signs that the free market, even in this over-regulated age of ours, can adapt, provide, and serve far better than the centralized machinations of some bureaucratic apparatchik, to combat Corona-chan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: General Motors to partner with Ventec Life Systems to increase ventilator production.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&quot;With GM&#39;s help, Ventec will increase ventilator production,&quot; said Chris Kiple, Ventec Life Systems CEO.  &quot;This partnership will help save lives.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wpNlBuQ76Y\">pic.twitter.com\/wpNlBuQ76Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Cavitt (@MarkCavitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkCavitt\/status\/1241159446354632704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While one could, as your humble author would, that the continued production and sale of liquor is a vital sector of the economy, a Maryland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/maryland-distillery-shows-what-free-markets-can-accomplish-in-a-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">distillery<\/a> has switched from whiskey and rum to mass-produced hand sanitizer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Twin Valley Distillers in Rockville, Md. has turned its production line of whiskey and rum into a hand sanitizer factory.<\/p>\n<p>The idea started as a joke but has now become a reality.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;ll begin selling four and eight-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer by Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwinValleyDist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TwinValleyDist<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96668Q4XRE\">pic.twitter.com\/96668Q4XRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7Kevin\/status\/1239972711905898501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Veritably, the private sector\u2014be it for-profit corporations, charitable organizations, and a myriad of other non-governmental organizations\u2014has shown <a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/p\/timeline-the-regulationsand-regulatorsthat\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">far more competence<\/a>, than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2020\/03\/16\/coronavirus-testing-delays-show-why-federal-health-care-rules-need-thorough-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">centralized dictates of government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indeed, while it is true that many companies are suffering, there are those who are better situated to adapt to the situation. Sadly, it often those <a href=\"https:\/\/baltimore.cbslocal.com\/2020\/03\/20\/coronavirus-hiring-jobs-walmart-amazon-latest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">larger companies<\/a> which can navigate the labyrinthine Escher-esque regulatory nightmare who can most easily adapt to new and ever-changing economic situations, while \u00fee olde \u201cMom n\u2019 Pop\u201d shops have to either shutter-up or hope that the regulators don\u2019t considr harassment of innocent small businesses a vital economic need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the contributing factors is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-suspends-1938-road-law-gives-truckers-green-light-move-emergency-supplies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspension of a plethora of regulations<\/a> on both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/brandon_morse\/2020\/03\/16\/greg-abbott-is-tossing-out-more-regulations-to-get-supplies-to-texans-during-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/bethbaumann\/2020\/03\/17\/trump-admin-cuts-red-tape-to-speed-up-the-supply-chain-and-get-essential-goods-to-n2565062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal<\/a> level. This begs the question: If we can do without all these regulations now, do we really need them back after the Corona crisis is resolved?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* The sprinkles are also cursed.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"In A Crisis, We Need The Free Market Now More Than Ever\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The stock market crashing, people being laid off, and small businesses shuttering for good.  The measures needed to combat the COVID-19 Xinnie the Flu\u2019s Wuhan Bat Soup Death Plague Bio-Weapon of Doom (with Sprinkles*) have caused massive economic damage\u2014and a shortage of toilet paper\u2014around the globe.  While the People\u2019s Republic of China is solving their problem with slave labor from pesky ethnic groups, there are signs that the free market, even in this over-regulated age of ours, can adapt, provide, and serve far better than the centralized machinations of some bureaucratic apparatchik, to combat Corona-chan.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Corona-chan-animated.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stock market crashing, people being laid off, and small businesses shuttering for good. 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