The Patriot Post® · Monday Short Cuts

Insight: “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” —Ronald Reagan

Observations: “The somnolent economy is analogous to a patient who is to be brought back from a forced coma. No one quite knows how, or even if, the economy will fully awaken — only that the chances it might not increase the longer it stays comatose.” —Victor Davis Hanson

Braying jenny: “If [President Trump] continues to predicate the action that we take on a false premise, then we’re in further danger, and his earlier delay and denial caused deaths. And so it’s very important that we walk the line that is close to evidence, data, science as we go forward and not whimsy, magic hoax allegations and placing blame instead of taking responsibility.” —Nancy Pelosi on the plan to reopen

Braying jackass: “You are absolutely silent. I’m challenging you to open your mouth. I think I may be the first person in history to challenge Donald Trump to speak up.” —Mayor Bill de Blasio accusing Trump of ignoring challenges faced by cities and states

Alpha jackass: “We deserve better than the family. And the time of corona is an excellent time to practice abolishing it.” —Brooklyn Institute for Social Research scholar Sophie Lewis

Dezinformatsiya: “President Trump … has been warming up of late to his old friend, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin. The two leaders have made a record-breaking number of phone calls to each other recently and some of the president’s own former advisers said that Putin may be using the coronavirus pandemic to realize his long-held goal of edging closer to Trump.” —CNN’s Jim Sciutto

And last… “Think about what is the absolute worst news for Democrats. ‘The economy has recovered and we are back to normal.’” —Chuck Woolery