GOP don't want to save jobs

[kadee79]

Yes, it's an opinion piece...some good reading IMHO...

Recent job losses have been nothing short of apocalyptic. Almost 17 million workers — more than 10 percent of the work force — filed for unemployment benefits over the course of just three weeks. Independent economists suggest that the unemployment rate may already be close to 20 percent, which is similar to its level in the depths of the Great Depression.

So how are the Trump administration and its allies responding to this Covid-19-generated jobs crisis? Are they taking it seriously? Or are they doing what they did as the pandemic spread — dithering and refusing to take necessary action out of some combination of wishful thinking and political pettiness?

You can probably guess the answer.

By all accounts, Donald Trump, who insisted until very late in the game that the coronavirus wouldn’t be a problem, is now obsessed with the idea of reopening the economy in a few weeks — a move epidemiologists say would be disastrous. At the same time, he’s balking at taking action to help America cope with the extended shutdown we actually need.

Thus, the Trump administration has flatly ruled out any bailout for the U.S. Postal Service, which is in financial crisis. Aside from being an essential part of our nation’s life — even more than usual in these times, when mail deliveries have become an essential lifeline to families sheltering at home — the post office employs 600,000 workers. But apparently those workers don’t count.

www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/jobs-republicans-covid.html

[thyme4change]

If the post office gets privatized, I hope Bezos starts a company to do it. Just to piss Trump off.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

bezos is making bank right now.

I wonder if that is influencing the urge to reopen?

[Value Buy]

Apr 15, 2020 7:46:48 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

bezos is making bank right now.

I wonder if that is influencing the urge to reopen?

Don't think so.
You are in Chicago. How many people want to go back to their job?
Nightly Chicago news stations are all reporting businesses clamoring to get the government grant/loasns to keep staff hired and paid, trying to save their own business as wel as employees so they have a business on the other side of this.

Even Cuomo and De Blazio admit it has to start asap.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Apr 15, 2020 7:52:22 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Apr 15, 2020 7:46:48 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

bezos is making bank right now.

I wonder if that is influencing the urge to reopen?

Don't think so.
You are in Chicago. How many people want to go back to their job?
Nightly Chicago news stations are all reporting businesses clamoring to get the government grant/loasns to keep staff hired and paid, trying to save their own business as wel as employees so they have a business on the other side of this.

Even Cuomo and De Blazio admit it has to start asap.

No one I know personally. Thankfully most are still employed, those that aren't are younger and flexible - no mortgages, etc.

I know that grocery store employees are starting to get sick and die, so I'm not sure who is chomping at the bit.

Work from home, sure. Get out in the streets, no so much.

[pulmonarymd]

Apr 15, 2020 7:52:22 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Apr 15, 2020 7:46:48 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

bezos is making bank right now.

I wonder if that is influencing the urge to reopen?

Don't think so.
You are in Chicago. How many people want to go back to their job?
Nightly Chicago news stations are all reporting businesses clamoring to get the government grant/loasns to keep staff hired and paid, trying to save their own business as wel as employees so they have a business on the other side of this.

Even Cuomo and De Blazio admit it has to start asap.

So, how would you do it. And if it is done soon like you seem to want, what family member are you willing to sacrifice for the economy?

[thyme4change]

Apr 15, 2020 12:03:24 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

Apr 15, 2020 7:52:22 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Don't think so.
You are in Chicago. How many people want to go back to their job?
Nightly Chicago news stations are all reporting businesses clamoring to get the government grant/loasns to keep staff hired and paid, trying to save their own business as wel as employees so they have a business on the other side of this.

Even Cuomo and De Blazio admit it has to start asap.

So, how would you do it. And if it is done soon like you seem to want, what family member are you willing to sacrifice for the economy?

I'm sure every family has that one person they would sacrifice. 🤪🤪🤪

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Apr 15, 2020 12:15:02 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Apr 15, 2020 12:03:24 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

So, how would you do it. And if it is done soon like you seem to want, what family member are you willing to sacrifice for the economy?

I'm sure every family has that one person they would sacrifice. 🤪🤪🤪

it won't be that person.

[thyme4change]

Apr 15, 2020 12:32:51 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

Apr 15, 2020 12:15:02 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

I'm sure every family has that one person they would sacrifice. 🤪🤪🤪

it won't be that person.

It never is. 😔

[hurley1980]

I don't want to go back if it means I might get sick and die.  Granted, I am working from home, but I did have to take a company wide pay cut, and I'd rather do that than go back to normal too soon.  Most of the people I hang out with are 70+ (mom and aunts), and I used to smoke, so my lungs are weaker than usual. If staying home saves lives, we need to just accept it and do it.  Stop trying to justify killing people for the sake of the economy.  Its not like its going to go back to normal soon anyway, even if we reopen the states!

[Tennesseer]

Apr 15, 2020 14:58:12 GMT -5 hurley1980 said:

I don't want to go back if it means I might get sick and die.  Granted, I am working from home, but I did have to take a company wide pay cut, and I'd rather do that than go back to normal too soon.  Most of the people I hang out with are 70+ (mom and aunts), and I used to smoke, so my lungs are weaker than usual. If staying home saves lives, we need to just accept it and do it.  Stop trying to justify killing people for the sake of the economy.  Its not like its going to go back to normal soon anyway, even if we reopen the states!

[happyhoix]

Poor Trump. Planned to coast to a second term on 'his' fabulous economy, now that it's tanked, he's scrambling to sell his new snake oil - he did a brilliant job with CV-19. 

It's why he gets so furious at his rallies - er, I mean nightly CV 19 edutainment program. The brainwashing isn't working! 

He's going to start casting around for some other fairytale to mesmerize his devotees - I'm betting he's about to reveal some new scandal about Biden and Biden Jr - something Giuliani swears is absolutely true.

And there will be a chunk of the voting public who swallows it. 

[Tennesseer]

Covid-45.