Posted 3/9/2024, 2:10:00 PM
Pandemic Response Stokes Economic Woes and Benefit Dependency
- Western economies have been severely damaged by lockdowns and money printing during the pandemic
- Governments printed money to prop up economies during the 2008 financial crisis and pandemic
- This set a dangerous precedent of using money printing to solve every crisis
- Many people now choose not to work due to normalized unemployment from lockdowns
- Governments must reduce taxation, dismantle the bloated welfare system, and stop enabling benefit dependency
