Bill’s commentary:
“Higher mortgage rates=lower affordability, do you really believe rates can move substantially lower from here?”
‘Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear, kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervour, with the cry of grave national emergency.’
‘Always there has been some terrible evil at home, or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it.’ General Douglas MacArthur, 1957.
Bill’s commentary:
“Test after test after test? Why? All you need to know is, masks do not pass the “smell test”. If you have a mask on and can smell cigarette smoke or even someone passing gas …YOUR MASK DOES NOT WORK!”
A new scientific review raises additional questions over the science behind the mask mandates imposed on the population for years. The new scientific review by 12 researchers from leading universities found little support for the claims that masks reduced Covid exposures. My interest in the story, as usual, focuses on free speech. Numerous experts were suspended or banned for challenging these very claims and the media labeled any such critics as dangerous or fringe figures. Regardless of your ultimate conclusions on the efficacy of masks, there was clearly a scientific basis to challenge the mask policies. Yet, many people were routinely censored on Twitter and other platforms for daring to challenge the official position on masks.
BillHolter.com 
Your interest in the mask story, being your focus on free speech, makes you distinct from most economists—adding a needed, important element to the discussion.
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