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Trial Lawyers Looking for a $100 Billion Coronavirus Jackpot

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Trial Lawyers Looking for a $100 Billion Coronavirus Jackpot
A sign warns of asbestos danger at a former Royal Mail sorting office in London, England, on Oct. 11, 2013. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Stephen Moore
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Not everyone is suffering job loss, income declines, and financial devastation from the coronavirus pandemic. Some people are looking to get rich off the tragedy. Trial lawyers see COVID-19 casualties and images of asbestos and tobacco lawsuits dancing in their heads. They are drooling over the prospects of a $100 billion COVID-19 jackpot. The Democrats in Congress who the trial bar has spent years buying and paying can’t wait to help in the grand heist.

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Stephen Moore
Stephen Moore
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Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, chief economist at FreedomWorks, and co-founder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity. He served as a senior economic adviser to Donald Trump. His latest book is “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Impoverishing America.”
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