As Trump talks about re-opening the economy he exhibits the same reckless, impulsive behavior we have witnessed for past three years, fighting with governors, claiming “total authority”, and now hiding the facts of Covid-19 since January!
Facts matter. Honesty, too. Yet with two serious crises raging – Now 100,000 dead from COVID-19, millions out of work – the president boasts falsely about untried medicines, and promises an economic recovery that will be not come to pass.
Look at your family, your friends, your neighbors. No one is doing fine!
Joe Biden offers a different approach. Interviewed on Meet the Press, Biden called the American public “strong and tough…” and said, “We should tell them the truth, the unvarnished truth…” “I would be telling governors to listen to Dr. Fauci,” Biden responded. “Listen to the scientists. Listen to what the facts are.”
Joe Biden’s plan focuses on the economy, but recognizes that ongoing threats to our health WILL remain. The plan will continue mitigation measures, and call for easily accessible, prompt testing.
As the economy re-opens, Biden will have skilled professionals in the private and health sectors brought together, to develop innovative methods to operate safely in an ongoing manner. As Biden states in his plan, “We should stop thinking of the health and economic responses as separate. They are not.”
Joe Biden has shown that kind of leadership, first in the Senate as chairman of the judiciary and foreign relations committees, and later as Barack Obama’s vice president when they focused on the Ebola Crisis and America’s economic recovery.
Biden brings something even more than his experience in Washington, He understands the struggles people face when they lose a job or when a loved one is sick. He offers kindness, compassion, empathy, and strength, as his story is one of loss that offers a window into the needs of others.
Biden’s plan represents our vision for the future. Its development and costs are based on facts. It offers Americans, finally, a chance to move forward.
Gabrielle Finkel
New Hyde Park
