Why did the Democrats want to harm people? Weren't the restrictions an attempt to help people?
Weren't the Republicans' objections an attempt to denigrate their political foes while protecting their own income?
A person would have to be totally blind and deaf not to see what was happening around them to businesses and people's jobs.
Politicians knew full well what it was doing.
Particularly to those who put all their effort and time and money into small business who simply didn't have the same reserve cash as multi-million Fortune 500 companies did who could weather out the virus.
I remember countless pleas in my area to lift the restrictions that just fell on deaf ears toward the end of the epidemic , and that pretty much destroyed most of the economy created horrendous side supply issues which are still being used as an excuse to this day that keeps prices totally out of control , and well beyond a fair share of people's home budgets.
These people are not going to forget come election time in November.