As we approach the grueling fourth anniversary of the lockdown, it is surprising that the Republican Congress was active in 2020 and did nothing to stop the overreach. Surprisingly, few states have changed their laws to prevent it from happening again. Additionally, South Carolina is attempting to go a step further by not moving forward with important medical freedom legislation and instead potentially giving a new medical czar the power to effectively declare martial law. There is.
2 bills — H.4927 and S.915 — crossed the South Carolina Freedom Caucus and passed through their respective chambers without any opposition. The bill would create the Office of Health and Policy Administration, run by a Fauci-like health czar, and replace the disparate powers of current state public health systems with the Department of Health and Environmental Control, an agency not accountable to the government. ) will be in charge. Governor.
Having one agency accountable to the governor is a good idea, but the goal is not to reduce; increase,that power. South Carolina’s bill actually makes the current system worse.
For example, Section 5 of the House bill provides:
All sheriffs and constables of the several counties of this state, and police officers and health officials of cities and towns, shall aid and assist the Commissioner of Public Health and Environmental Control, and shall must carry out and obey the commands of Department of Public Health and Environmental Management, to enforce and enforce any restrictive measures and quarantine regulations that may be prescribed.
The bill’s proponents will argue that the state already has the ability to force sheriffs to take heavy-handed measures. That’s exactly the problem! The reorganization of these institutions remove Rather than subjugating oppressive powers to a shiny new system. We need more freedom, not less. State health departments should only provide advice and should not have authority over our lives, liberty, or property.
H.4927 passed it The House passed it by a vote of 91-18 at the end of February. A controversial attempt to strip powers from the sheriff was unsuccessful with a similar number of votes. The Senate passed that version a week earlier with only one no vote. The bill now moves to a reconciliation conference. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster said he would sign the final bill. Despite voter backlash, it’s unclear whether the Senate has the guts to change the sheriff regulations. But why would Republicans want to consider such a bill? not at all?
The bill aims to consolidate several different state agencies, including the Department of Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Services, the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Mental Health. . The Aging Division, along with DHEC, will be placed under a new umbrella office. And it’s good for the governor to have more power.But the focus is on structure than that authority and policy The state Department of Public Health’s investigation would focus on the person’s finger pointing at the moon, rather than the moon itself.
South Carolina has barely scratched the edge of public health tyranny in four sessions of coronavirus turmoil. Lawmakers only prohibit the closure of houses of worship, nothing else.
Companies are not prevented from mandating dangerous shooting. It has failed to stop hospitals from violating human rights and requiring masks to be worn. They refused to consider any conservative legislation that would correct these problems.
Unfortunately, this isn’t just limited to red states.What’s strange about South Carolina is that Republicans are making public health policy. bad.
This bill doesn’t actually reduce the size of government. All existing roles in the Department of Health and Environmental Control and other agencies will be maintained, and a new layer of bureaucracy will be added.
Asked about the cost, the bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Bill Herb-Kersman, could not provide a figure. Because this bill is so complex, its economic impact is still unclear. Health Care Expenditure Subcommittee Chairman Herb Kersman confessed at the committee meeting that the bill’s rationalizations would not result in the reduction of a single job.
So if it does not limit public health tyranny and rationalize or reduce health bureaucracy, what is its purpose? As always, nepotism and tyranny.
The bill would move $352 million in funding to rent new, expensive office space near the ballpark in Columbia, rather than locating the new secretary and her representatives in the existing DHEC building. . Otare Parkway.Why would they do this if the goal is to consolidate resources? Now, the new building they rent is Owned by Bill Stern, a major donor to McMaster.stern led the ceremony At the 2023 gubernatorial inauguration ceremony.
If the only problem with this bill was its cost, I would pay their cronies to buy my freedom. The reality is that South Carolina’s proposed “reforms” are part of a national effort to introduce health leaders in every state, which is why the bill is over 70 pages long and a lengthy process for state governments. Maybe.It turns out that House Republicans paid for it. $3.2 million To Boston Consulting Group do business We will work with the CDC, the World Health Organization, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop the bill.
Given that Republicans control Congress and the governor’s office, one wonders why most red states have gone along with the coronavirus fascism for so long. The fact that they refuse to recognize their mistakes, and are actually making them worse, means that if we don’t get proactive in the primaries this year, the next biomedical crackdown will come. This clearly shows that there are not many red states that can be evacuated to.
