The rich and powerful thrived as the rest of us suffered in the year of lockdowns!

Glenn Reynolds writes,

According to the American Institute for Economic Research, lockdowns did more harm than good on multiple levels. Businesses died, mental-health problems abounded, people missed important “elective” procedures such as cancer screenings with long-term consequences, and many kids effectively missed out on a year of education.

But no politicians or government employees missed a paycheck. Consequences are for the little people.

So is it fair to call the overclass response to the pandemic a failure? Well, certainly not for the overclass, whose members are richer, more powerful and more secure in their positions than a year ago. For America? Well, that’s another story.

Read more here: https://nypost.com/2021/05/20/the-rich-and-powerful-thrived-as-the-rest-of-us-suffered-in-the-year-of-lockdowns/