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The CDC Just Proved Milton Friedman Right (Again!)

• https://fee.org, Brad Polumbo

hate to say "I told you so." Well, actually, I really enjoy saying "I told you so." And, when it comes to the Centers for Disease Control and its pandemic power grabs, I did indeed tell you so. 

In September 2020, I wrote for FEE that, "From draconian lockdown powers to taking over the rental housing market, it's extremely unlikely our elected officials will cede all the authority they've seized during the pandemic." We're now witnessing my prediction play out in real-time. 

Under the Biden administration's purview, the CDC just unilaterally renewed its so-called "eviction moratorium." It did so after the nationwide near-ban on eviction of non-paying tenants expired Saturday and in spite of Congress not passing legislation to renew it. 

The new CDC order is somewhat more limited than the original one, claiming to only apply to areas with "substantial and high levels of [COVID-19] community transmission." But this reportedly applies to roughly 90 percent of the US under the CDC's definition. The two-month extension will now run until October 3. (When, presumably, there will again be a push for its extension).

"The emergence of the delta variant has led to a rapid acceleration of community transmission in the United States, putting more Americans at increased risk, especially if they are unvaccinated," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said. "This moratorium is the right thing to do to keep people in their homes and out of congregate settings where COVID-19 spreads."

The CDC is renewing this policy, yet again, even though the Supreme Court only narrowly upheld its last iteration. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh specifically wrote that "clear and specific congressional authorization (via new legislation) would be necessary for the CDC to extend the moratorium past July 31." 


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