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

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Originally Posted by Scoots

It's never that simple, but historically the super wealthy have always fared better when crises happen.

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No it is not.

Billionaires really don't have jobs to lose to begin with.

And times like these lead to all kinds of opportunities available to billionaires that are not available to regular people…there was a story in the Business Journal about all the opportunities out there to buy struggling golf courses right now. Great for real estate development. Another how landlords may use this opportunity to get rid of struggling tenants and rent to better ones. In a smaller vein, consultants in my industry (PR, marketing, signage, print media, direct mail etc) suggest keeping as much cash as possible and looking for deals picking up competitors that can't stave off closing.

Cold…but life goes on. The sun will come up tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Scoots

They don't KNOW what to do, they are making educated decisions, and not everyone, including other scientists/experts agree. It's just the best we had at the time.

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Whats the best we had at the time?


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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Bolded…don't believe I ever used that term here (or anywhere). Seems like something else implied or attributed to me that I did not say … not an uncommon occurrence here.

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Both you and that word make me think of All in the Family. It not an insult it’s just true.


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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

She is trying to pust through a $3 trillion (do you have any idea as to how much $$$ that actually is???) Coronavirus relief loaded with crap to appear to the poor and minorities that have nothing to do with the virus or are just plain dumb…and she knows this. She is buying votes with your money.

addl unemployment comp pretty much pays people to not go back to work. Free money…who would not vote for that????

Eliminating state and local tax deduction caps which will effectively tax the rich and middle class

Payments to illegals, non-deportatiom of illegals

Letting prisoners loose

Bail out the post office

And on and on.

She is buying and securing votes.

Yet, she has done nothing for the homeless in her district or to help control out of sight state spending in CA.

People talk about Trump being power hungry…he has nothing on this botoxed chick. No one in DC is more power hungry that her. 80 years old and a millionaire and she will never retire. She's Robert Byrd with a rack.

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Maybe she think these things are good for the country. I know you don’t and that’s fine but I don’t see how you could know that she doesn’t feel that way and is operating out of self interest


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Originally Posted by Scoots

It's never that simple, but historically the super wealthy have always fared better when crises happen.

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That is one interpretation.

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Originally Posted by Sick Of It All

https://twitter.com/hshaban/status/1...517733888?s=21

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Originally Posted by Crovash

I’d be a little suspicious of “twitter news”.

That said, I would not be surprised that there is pressure to “cook the books.”

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Looking like some of the books are smouldering:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As large parts of the U.S. ease their lockdowns against the coronavirus, public health officials in some states are being accused of bungling infection statistics or even deliberately using a little sleight of hand to make things look better than they are.

The result is that politicians, business owners and ordinary Americans who are making decisions about reopenings and other day-to-day matters risk being left with the impression that the virus is under more control than it actually is.

In Virginia, Texas and Vermont, for example, officials said they have been combining the results of viral tests, which show an active infection, with antibody tests, which show a past infection. Public health experts say that can make for impressive-looking testing totals but does not give a true picture of how the virus is spreading.

In Florida, the data scientist who developed the state’s coronavirus dashboard, Rebekah Jones, said this week that she was fired for refusing to manipulate data “to drum up support for the plan to reopen.” Calls to health officials for comment were not immediately returned Tuesday.

In Georgia, one of the earliest states to ease up on lockdowns and assure the public it was safe to go out again, the Department of Public Health published a graph around May 11 that showed new COVID-19 cases declining over time in the most severely affected counties. The daily entries, however, were not arranged in chronological order but in descending order.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Some might think that keeping as many employees as they did was a generous act in and of itself.

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Those people would be idiots. My nephew works for Amazon. They are not hanging out in the break room right now. It’s busy as **** on that floor


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Originally Posted by Scoots

twitter as a link takes less vertical space so it doesn't bother me.

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what is the point of having these " [ ] " if they're not used.

without using these, one has to actually click the tweet, when using these it's visible to see. easier.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Well, no. Why would he do that??? Why would he give out a raise during times such as these. And if he did keep it going, he would be criticized whenever he pulled it back…sort of like what is going to happen when they cut off unemployment payments (if they ever do).

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My point is: why does he ever need to pull it back?

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Originally Posted by Scoots

It would be nice but I wouldn't expect it, and wouldn't think Amazon somehow evil for not continuing the bonus beyond when the state opens up again.

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It wouldn’t be evil, but it would be ****y.

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Originally Posted by Sluggo1

Some might think that keeping as many employees as they did was a generous act in and of itself.

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When their business is booming...? It's generous to keep their employees?

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Originally Posted by Scoots

twitter as a link takes less vertical space so it doesn't bother me.

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Yeah, I assume that everyone can click the link.

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Originally Posted by flips333

When their business is booming...? It's generous to keep their employees?

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actions taken by a “job creator” that gives any money or benefit to an employee are selfless and generous


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Originally Posted by SpecialFNK

what is the point of having these " [ ] " if they're not used.

without using these, one has to actually click the tweet, when using these it's visible to see. easier.

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Like a term paper in school, we don’t want to just read cut and paste from source material. We want to have discussion with people about their political opinions in their own words. Now if you make a factual claim it should be expected that you back that up with a source (and a good one) that we have access to but no one likes your compilation news/twitter feed that takes up a ton of room (especially when it gets reposted. Sometimes it makes sense to have a quote but mostly your quotes seem like a way to selectively put forwards parts of an article out of context.