Music Store Closing Due to Government-Mandated Coronavirus Lockdown Orders

May 24, 2020 12:02pm

This man's story made the news. There are tens of thousands of business owners just like him whose stories will not be told. And almost 40 million people who had jobs ten weeks ago are now unemployed.

If you can watch this video and not conclude that the government-mandated closures were the worst possible course of action we could have taken, then you are a disgusting human being who doesn't deserve to be an American. No, that is not hyperbole. I mean it literally.

This is supposed to be a free country. The government should neither force us to be closed nor force us to be open. People must be free to decide for themselves whether or not to hide at home.

Government should not be designating businesses as "essential" or "non-essential." The free market should do that. Just as one man's trash is another man's treasure, one man's non-essential is another man's essential. Isn't it absurd that the government made it legal for me to buy a shirt at Walmart but illegal to buy one at Kohl's? Isn't it crazy that I could buy a wristwatch at Target but not at my local jewelry store?

I am shocked at how eagerly elected officials infringed upon our freedoms. I am aghast at how readily so many people accepted it.

As Samuel Adams said about the cowardly weaklings who preferred bondage over liberty, "Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."

VIDEO SOURCE: https://www.fox17online.com/news/coronavirus/beloved-music-store-closing-in-hastings-heartbroken-owner-says-this-is-my-dream