While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Robert R. Redfield, Jr., Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issues CDC Order 2021-06718, imposing a nation-wide moratorium on rental evictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

       NOTE: Were the free-market allowed to operate, rents would have dropped precipitously as there would be far more rental units available than renters with the resources to pay the exorbitant prices.  Instead jobless renters fell further into arrears unable to pay rents that were too high for the market to bear.

       [added 3/21/2026] Thanks to Freedoms Phoenix for this entry.