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You didn’t take macroeconomics did you?
Nope. Learned to print money.
You didn’t take macroeconomics did you?
That sounds like MMT - Modern Money Theory. Which is batshit crazy.
It’s called inflation. That’s a great way to destroy an economy (printing money). Go see Zimbabwe. Now go learn how to put your response outside the quote.
That's my concern - that eventually the cost of a damaged economy will lead to more deaths than the virus.
A story out today on substantial increase in heart attacks and cardiac arrests and sudden death at home in recent weeks. First responders have a 50% increase in ambulance calls even in communities with little or no Covid-19. Several cardiologists stated they believe folks are having heart attacks at home and not calling for help or getting to the hospital until too late out of irrational fear.
Agree, the EU will be dismantled, already happening, China at the moment is being hollowed out, companies leaving left and
right, will be a shadow of it's self in the future. Look for Indonesia and India to grow significantly now and future.
China is not going to be hollowed out. Cite me some respected economists and/or diplomats suggesting that. If that were really the case, why would Trump press China for new trade agreements? Why not let China be hollowed out?
China will become the world's dominant economy by the end of the century. It has the world's largest consumer market; it uses advanced technology; its best hospitals are as good as most of ours (U.S. doctors used the findings of Chinese doctors to figure out how to treat COVID-19 patients); and through its economic expansion into Africa and Europe, it is building allies and developing new markets. I don't think you will find too many policy makers in Washington content with ignoring China because it is about to be hollowed out.
Bernie Sanders, running for the president with a pretty large following & a "prominent" member of the Democratic party
Yes! Let's all agree to stay under our beds until next July 4th just to be sure.
He is an admitted Socialist. A socialist like the ones who are in the majority in Scandinavian countries. Last time I checked, Norway, Finland and Sweden were allies of the US and members of NATO. I bet some people on TI have visited those countries and lived to tell about it.
I have never supported Bernie Sanders for anything. Delighted he has ended his campaign for president. But he is not a Communist and neither is he a fascist. You may disagree with him but his view of socialism is quite different than Lenin's or Brezhnev's.
Needs to be even more granular than state by state. Should be community by community with individual people making their own judgments within that community. Higher risk folks (like me) need to take longer to go back out. Lower risk individuals circulating will accelerate the herd mentality necessary to starve the virus assuming immunity holds but the cost, for as yet an undetermined reason, will be x number of low risk individuals suffering a horrific outcome because of the unpredictable “cytokine storm”. But the other side of the equation (starvations, suicides, homicides, inability to secure medications or healthcare, etc.) from a depressed economy has only recently begun to gather attention. There is a best case combination but whoever makes whatever decision will be half wrong no matter what! Don’t envy that call. GO TIGERS!
Not everyone depends on their daddy to put food on the table, and there are actually hard working folks out there, who don’t live a “me” life.
Open your eyes.
No I voted for Gary Johnson. Zero chance I was going to vote for either.
Here’s a spoiler: there are a LOT of moderate conservatives that think Trump is off his rocker. Maybe not in your circle, but they exist is large numbers.
No one has an end plan. Models factored in social distancing and the models have been massively over stated. Now we have to keep it an emergency or risk admitting we caused the greatest recession in US history because of inaccurate modeling.
Next phase will be “prevent the second wave.” Stay locked up and give thanks that our government rulers have decided to spare our lives this time.
im liking it only because I assume you are using sarcasm in the 2nd paragraph.
I live in Texas.
Most people are staying home currently.
This will remain until APRIL 30th. I suggest this means May 4 since the 30th is a Thursday.
A lot of manufacturing companies are open.
They are practicing a good amount or social distancing and some other more advanced controls. Ex. Temperates taken daily, no visitors,
I suspect it will be mid May before much opens and not likely all at once but a couple of tiers.
Most people are staying home currently.
This will remain until APRIL 30th. I suggest this means May 4 since the 30th is a Thursday.
A lot of manufacturing companies are open.
They are practicing a good amount or social distancing and some other more advanced controls. Ex. Temperates taken daily, no visitors,
I suspect it will be mid May before much opens and not likely all at once but a couple of tiers.
This guy is right. Pay special attention to where he talks about acceptable risk and what we are normally willing to accept in our daily lives, but for some reason with this virus we have gone crazy and destroyed everything over risk that is less that we have been accepting everyday of our lives.
100% agree, but once it’s official it’s not opening up May 1st you are going to have some people say we are in the worst Great Depression and America is done.
Dude, do you just make shit up as you post? Half the population wants the US economy destroyed? Where do you get your numbers from? I'd like to see your source, b/c I think the place you pulled that from is brown and smells like crap. Come on man. I've heard football players say that the world is flat, but I don't think half of all football players think so.
As for the economy, take a look at where we were under George W and where we went under Obama. Nothing but good times from the economy (which continued under Trump). I think the President (who ever that is) gets too much credit and too much blame for the economy. Personally, I doubt that Hillary would have been much different than Obama and he had a pretty good run. Our economy is in chambles right now. Do you blame Trump? I don't Yet you are prepared to blame Hillary b/c the economy MIGHT be in shambles (I think it would be). It's amazing how Trump gets credit for good DOW numbers and no blame for bad ones.
No, because, I have a job and all my stuff is in the US. Why on earth would I want to lose everything I have? Why on earth would I want all my family and friends to lose all that they have? That makes no sense, but I have NO DOUBT that you believe the crap that you are spewing.
Which is my whole point with Trumpians. You believe everything that comes out of his mouth. I dislike Trump and have never made any secret of it. BUT as much as you believe it, Trump is NOT America. Not even close. I love my country. And I want it to succeed. But you've been so brainwashed by Trump and his continual attacks against ANYONE or ANYTHING that dares to disagree with him, that you now equate being disloyal/critical to Trump as being anti American. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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