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To: C19fan

Perhaps these drastic measures are needed...but aren’t people the least little bit concerned that a politician can order businesses to shutdown or curtail their operating hours....I wonder under what law this is allowed..

It’s not just liberal Governors, here in Florida, DeSantis yesterday ordered all bars to shut down for 30 days....you wonder how many will come back after this is all over.


3 posted on 03/18/2020 3:32:14 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: srmanuel

I don’t understand the bar/alcoholic beverage store bias in closing down. I don’t drink, but I see no reason to preferentially just shut those down.

Does the virus multiply faster around alcohol?


12 posted on 03/18/2020 5:22:19 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: srmanuel

Very good question about authority to shut down businesses.

I’m sure there is some “emergency” enabling legislation that lets politicos stomp all over our rights. (They love open-ended laws like that.) I assume the Supreme Court will have to decide if limits were exceeded or not.

Or we could launch CWII and hang them all. That would work too.


18 posted on 03/18/2020 6:01:28 AM PDT by DNME (The only solution to a BAD guy with a gun is a GOOD guy with a gun.)
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To: srmanuel

A politician? They are following the recommendations of the Federal task force. Stop blaming the state and local guys when they are following phase 2c of the Whitehouse plan.


19 posted on 03/18/2020 6:03:24 AM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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