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There is a role for government

Posted on: March 12, 2020 at 10:26:00 CT
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The founders were right about that. Certainly government has gotten well outside of its lane. But there is a role for government.
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If you were President or a leader today - meatiger MU - 3/12 09:55:41
     Resigning so someone adequately competent could - FIJItiger MU - 3/12 10:29:08
     Steer the virus to black neighborhoods. Duh. Nm - hokie VT - 3/12 10:15:59
          you have an unhealthy obsession with skin color (nm) - pickle MU - 3/12 10:24:07
     I wouldn't let this "crisis" go to waste, and I would cut - ummmm MU - 3/12 10:15:38
          Where I could I would - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:21:51
     Talk with experts, remove barriers regulations delaying work - RHAYWORTH MU - 3/12 10:14:50
          In this case I might paraphrase from "talk to experts" - Toger STL - 3/12 10:17:53
               fair enough. In general get all of the experts working . - RHAYWORTH MU - 3/12 10:22:20
     eliminating government (nm) - ashtray UF - 3/12 10:12:07
     Containment, treatment & Cure... - tigerdb MU - 3/12 10:09:24
          containment only maters if you can find a cure - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:15:07
               if fatality is 1-3%, containment certainly matters. - tigerdb MU - 3/12 10:21:19
               because if you slow down infections your hospitals - ashtray UF - 3/12 10:16:19
                    isn't the current treatment simply time & O2? - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:19:36
                         Water & TP, by all accounts(nm) - tigerdb MU - 3/12 10:24:36
                         Depends on what is happening - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:23:13
     I’d go with porters and stouts, blonde ales over brown, - pickle MU - 3/12 10:06:38
     Assist in the new vaccine.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 3/12 10:06:06
     Testing, testing, testing - Toger STL - 3/12 10:04:10
     keeping people employed, keeping people in their homes - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:03:27
          how do you do that for 350 million people? (nm) - pickle MU - 3/12 10:09:23
               well, not all of them work, so cut that to 140,000,000 - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:12:26
          What does incentiviize mean?(nm) - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:06:27
               to provide incentives - tax cuts, not that they need em - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:08:04
                    How do you ensure - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:09:51
                         you don't get the breaks unles you kept people employed - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:10:39
          What about student loans? (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:03:59
               what about them? (nm) - pickle MU - 3/12 10:08:42
                    he suggested delaying some payments by individuals - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:09:30
               hell, they don't pay em anyway - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:06:54
                    Lol I pay mine (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:09:39
                         How has the CV impacted your ability to pay ?(nm) - tigerdb MU - 3/12 10:11:16
                              It hasn't. But I'm also not an art major with six figure - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:12:18
                                   how the **** does that happen? - tigerinhogtown STL - 3/12 10:17:13
                                   That's not a CV problem... - tigerdb MU - 3/12 10:13:43
                                        Agreed (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:14:12
     It must focus on eliminating uncertainties that would cause - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 10:00:28
          government doesn't solve anything - ashtray UF - 3/12 10:14:58
               There is a role for government - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 10:26:00
     Mine would focus on the health implications - meatiger MU - 3/12 09:59:06
          economic uncertainty and health implications are intertwined - TigerJackSwartz MU - 3/12 10:02:16
               Deal with health impications first - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:04:03
                    Young people who live paycheck to paycheck aren't going - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:09:20
     I would put the CDC experts in charge. - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 09:58:58
          No need to nationalize - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:05:51
               We are 8 weeks into this. - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:07:26
                    waiting for what - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:09:00
          So raise taxes on business during a collapse - TigerMatt STL - 3/12 10:00:08
               and nationalize manufacturing lol. what a dolt - blake1771 MU - 3/12 10:02:13
                    It's been done before, temporarily.. (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:03:42
                    We did it during world war 2 dummy. - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:03:25
               You can't make it up - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 3/12 10:01:27
                    There are trillions in corporate profits sitting offshore - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:04:36
                         Where are these trillions of dollars at? They aren't - TigerMatt STL - 3/12 10:05:47
                              If you're APPL, it would be Ireland - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:07:00
                                   Doesn't answer where this money is.. is it invested in the - TigerMatt STL - 3/12 10:08:37
                                   Ding!(nm) - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:07:53
                    I am pretty sure Rabbit was joking - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:03:45
     For coronavirus? - Spanky KU - 3/12 09:58:09
          What if the sick leave was only temporary and only for - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 09:58:52
               RE: What if the sick leave was only temporary and only for - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:00:45
                    So you just want to collapse the banks where most people - TigerMatt STL - 3/12 10:04:38
                         The banks appear to have enough cash - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:06:53
                              That cash is spoken for - meatiger MU - 3/12 10:15:02
                              No.. they don't. That is why the Fed is now loaning $175 - TigerMatt STL - 3/12 10:09:58
               The company should do that themselves for their employee - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:00:44
                    It's clear that employers aren't going to universally do - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:02:30
                         Imagine the impact on a company that knowingly or - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:08:39
                              Hourly workers don't get sick pay dummy. - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:10:16
                                   Sure they do.. - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:18:26
                                   Some do. 1/4 of all workers do NOT have paid sick - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:13:17
                                        What percent of workers are self employed/gig workers? - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:22:10
                                             RE: What percent of workers are self employed/gig workers? - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:25:48
                                                  and??? - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:29:48
                                                       Many will be laid off in all likelihood - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:34:55
                                                            Can't fire a sick employee per FMLA - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:53:54
                                        Yeah.. my 17 year old son does not have paid sick - TigerMatt STL - 3/12 10:15:43
                                   Yes they do. (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 3/12 10:10:56
                                        Definitely not all (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 3/12 10:14:27
                                             RE: Definitely not all (nm) - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:22:33
                    I don't see that happening yet. - Rabbit Test MU - 3/12 10:02:04
                         RE: I don't see that happening yet. - Spanky KU - 3/12 10:09:32




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