The lockdown for the virus has mainly benefited Democrat billionaires

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The lockdown has been a bonanza for billionaires

While ordinary people have been plunged into economic turmoil, the world’s richest are cleaning up.

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According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has increased his fortune by $8 billion to $122 billion this year to date. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is now worth around $102 billion, earning an extra $23 billion since the start of the year. While we were all trapped at home, Amazon supremo Jeff Bezos – the world’s richest man – increased his fortune by a whopping $76 billion to $189 billion. Bezos is accumulating wealth so quickly that by the time you read this article that figure is likely out of date. For instance, back in July, Bezos added a record $13 billion to his net worth in a single day. He is apparently on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2026....
There is much more.

Is this why Democrats are so intent on extending lockdowns.  Their claim that it is about the science does not hold water.

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