\u201cYou know, nobody ever intended that governors would be sort of czars or dictators in charge of the economy,\u201d Paul said. \u201cIn my state, you can\u2019t have indoor dining, you can\u2019t have outdoor dining, and your kids are not in school. We\u2019re worse than New York City right now. In Kentucky, our governor has shut the schools down even though all of the science shows that\u2014and all of the evidence\u2014that you really aren\u2019t having a surge when you have the schools open,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sen-rand-paul-governors-should-never-have-been-allowed-to-become-dictators_3632629.html?utm_source=news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-12-25-6<\/a><\/p>\n Many people are leaving states like New York and California, citing pandemic restrictions. More than 126,000 people moved out of New York state between July 2019 and July 2020, according to preliminary Census Bureau data. That\u2019s the biggest population drop of any state this year.<\/p>\n The Kentucky senator criticized governors locking down their economies because they have been receiving money from the federal government\u2019s various stimulus packages, including the last CARES Act.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing that will get de Blasio and Cuomo to finally open up is when they run out of other people\u2019s money,\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think that we shouldn\u2019t be passing out any money to the states, we shouldn\u2019t be rewarding their bad behavior,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd really, this has probably been the worst time in the history of our country for power being accumulated into the hands of very few people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cYou know, nobody ever intended that governors would be sort of czars or dictators in charge of the economy,\u201d Paul said. \u201cIn my state, you can\u2019t have indoor dining, you can\u2019t have outdoor dining, and your kids are not in … Continue reading