Commentary The mounting evidence can no longer be ignored. Unsubstantiated and politically motivated COVID-19 lockdown policies and imprudent relief measures are causing serious, lasting damage to the foundations of American economic prosperity. Having brought the economy to its knees through unwarranted and undependable lockdown measures that forced millions of Americans out of work and forced businesses across the country to close, the government is now going out of its way to encourage the workforce’s COVID casualties to stay home, needlessly postponing our economic recovery. Lockdowns necessitated the need to support the workers affected by them, but now those lockdowns are easing and businesses are trying to get back to normal. Continued stimulus payments may be good politics, but they’re terrible economics. Workers are being disincentivized to work. The National Federation of Independent Business’s Uncertainty Index (pdf) increased by 6 points in March, driven largely by a current labor shortage. An …