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he may have spread a little misinformation.
“You are not going to get COVID,” he promised during a CNN town-event Wednesday night, “if you have these vaccines.”
Of course, this is not true. Biden knows it. He said as much later during the forum, explaining that, while vaccinated individuals enjoy significant protections, they can still test positive for the virus. But even if that happens, the president pointed out, the vaccine largely mitigates the most serious dangers. “You are not going to be hospitalized,” he said, reciting the latest scientific consensus. “You are not going to be in the IC unit, and you are not going to die.”
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In a free market, the unions reasoned, employers who refused to hire black workers would have to pay more for labour, and so discrimination would be costly. But the minimum wage law effectively stripped black workers of the option of offering to work for lower wages and thus punishing employers who discriminate against them. This was a win for unionized white workers who therefore faced less competition for jobs.
History is replete with many other such examples of the benefits of free markets in curtailing unfair discrimination, and the harm caused by governments in increasing it. âIt is a striking historical fact,â Milton Friedman observed in his bookÂ
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22 Jul 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris met with a group of illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children at the White House on Thursday, promising to fight for amnesty for them.
“I want to make clear to the DREAMers that are here, and to those who are watching from home,” she said, signaling emotion. “This is your home, this is your home, and we see you and you are not alone.”
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a discussion with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) stakeholders (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Harris noted that many illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children were people who worked jobs in Fortune 500 companies, the health care industry, served in the military, and even were going to college.