The coronavirus pandemic has changed much about American politics and society—but not everything. One constant is that Republicans believe a lot of stupid things about how to run a country. Correction: Who knows what they actually believe. Is it better if they’re lying rather than deluded? Either way, Republicans definitely say a lot of stupid things.
One of their longest-standing vapidities is the hoary, cockeyed notion that government should be run like a business. Trump has said this, as has his supremely unqualified son-in-law Jared Kushner, and so did Mitt Romneyduring his 2012 presidential run, just to name a few.
That idea has always been about as true as the impeached president’s assessment of just about any subject he’s ever spouted off on, but it’s especially untrue in the middle of the most dire public health crisis our country has faced in a century. Unfortunately for the American people, there’s little evidence that Trump has backed away from it. Continue reading.