COVID-19 Response: An issue that shouldn't be at all political....yet here we are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq_E3HquRJY&t=1128s

I posted that a couple of weeks ago. Not even top economists can agree how the national debt will affect inflation because borrowing has become a lot less expensive than it was in the 1980s. Interest rates are significantly lower.

Not to mention, the ways to fix inflation and debt come from the same thing AOC and others have echoed multiple times. Tax the rich. The fact that capital gains taxes and corporate taxes keep lowering as we increase spending makes zero sense for example. Close the gap.

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Originally Posted by valade16

This is the first I’m hearing that inflation is that big a concern from Covid.

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Are you saying this is the first you're hearing about inflation above the norm? Or that the level of inflation may be concerning?

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Originally Posted by fingerbang

I've said it ad nauseam since the start.

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Yeah but you’ve also been saying Covid was no big deal ad nauseam...

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Originally Posted by SiteWolf

Are you saying this is the first you're hearing about inflation above the norm? Or that the level of inflation may be concerning?

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That the level of inflation is that concerning.

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Originally Posted by metswon69

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq_E3HquRJY&t=1128s

I posted that a couple of weeks ago. Not even top economists can agree how the national debt will affect inflation because borrowing has become a lot less expensive than it was in the 1980s. Interest rates are significantly lower.

Not to mention, the ways to fix inflation and debt come from the same thing AOC and others have echoed multiple times. Tax the rich. The fact that capital gains taxes and corporate taxes keep lowering as we increase spending makes zero sense. Close the gap.

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inflation doesn't come strictly from our national debt

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Originally Posted by metswon69

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq_E3HquRJY&t=1128s

I posted that a couple of weeks ago. Not even top economists can agree how the national debt will affect inflation because borrowing has become a lot less expensive than it was in the 1980s. Interest rates are significantly lower and by a huge %.

Not to mention, the ways to fix inflation and debt come from the same thing AOC and others have echoed multiple times. Tax the rich. The fact that capital gains taxes and corporate taxes keep lowering as we increase spending makes zero sense. Close the gap.

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There are rich people with a boatload of money. Too bad in the grand scheme of things they still only represent a drop in the bucket. The middle class always pays.

We've been shelling out unemployment and stimulus checks for over a year and that's not even factoring in all the small businesses that went under.

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Originally Posted by SiteWolf

inflation doesn't come strictly from our national debt

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No it doesn't but it does play a significant part in it. We're doing antithetical things to solve our inflation problems anyways and that's not all pandemic related.

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Originally Posted by valade16

Yeah but you’ve also been saying Covid was no big deal ad nauseam...

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Hey, I've been in Florida for six months and if it wasn't for all the panic on the news most people wouldn't even know there was a bad flu strain going around.

You don't even have a leg to stand on anymore because there's a vaccine. Enough is enough.

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Originally Posted by fingerbang

There are rich people with a boatload of money. Too bad in the grand scheme of things they still only represent a drop in the bucket. The middle class always pays.

We've been shelling out unemployment and stimulus checks for over a year and that's not even factoring in all the small businesses that went under.

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They control 99% of the wealth for a reason. The government keeps allowing ways for rich people to circumvent the tax system and give them advantages middle class people don't have. They have to close loopholes, increase taxes on the wealthy, etc. And from the business side, these huge companies need to show they are re-investing tax breaks into employment and raising wages instead of using profits to increase dividends and stock prices to shareholders or giving parachutes to board members.

Its crony capitalism that is hurting this country big time.

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Originally Posted by fingerbang

Hey, I've been in Florida for six months and if it wasn't for all the panic on the news most people wouldn't even know there was a bad flu strain going around.

You don't even have a leg to stand on anymore because there's a vaccine. Enough is enough.

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You need to do a better job at understanding science. You might as well tell people that claim water turns into steam.when boiled that they dont have a leg to stand on. You sound equally as clueless.

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Originally Posted by fingerbang

Hey, I've been in Florida for six months and if it wasn't for all the panic on the news most people wouldn't even know there was a bad flu strain going around.

You don't even have a leg to stand on anymore because there's a vaccine. Enough is enough.

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It’s not that you didn’t know, it’s that you didn’t care.

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Originally Posted by nastynice

You need to do a better job at understanding science. You might as well tell people that claim water turns into steam.when boiled that they dont have a leg to stand on. You sound equally as clueless.

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“Sure half a million Americans are dead, but history will look back at this and rightly conclude the worst thing that happened was I had to wear a mask to go to Chili’s for the Appetizer sampler...”

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Originally Posted by valade16

It’s not that you didn’t know, it’s that you didn’t care.

I’ve never met someone who cares so little about Americans as you during this pandemic.

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Really it's the country as a whole. Most of the world legitimately valued the lives of their citizens, but the US and Europe seemed to prioritize freedom to not wear masks over 5 and 6 digit death tolls.

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We need to start putting Americans first!

*half a million Americans die*

Who cares?

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You can’t make this stuff up

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Originally Posted by metswon69

They control 99% of the wealth for a reason. The government keeps allowing ways for rich people to circumvent the tax system or give them advantages middle class people don't have. They have to close loopholes, increase taxes on the wealthy, etc. And from the business side, these huge companies need to show they are re-investing tax breaks into employment and raising wages instead of using profits to increase dividends and stock prices to shareholders or giving parachutes to board members.

Its crony capitalism that is hurting this country big time.

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Hey, the government restrictions have been GREAT for big business and crony capitalism. I'm proposing the end of the restrictions.

But let's been honest, you'd be going on about the 1% vs. the 99% regardless of whether there was a pandemic or not. So how about we end it already? There's a vaccine. Enough.