OT: American Politics

[Habsy]

Without a doubt.

Trump probably could fire Fauci and literally replace him with Jared, and his cult following and his enablers in the Senate would go along with it.

Not likely on this one. Followers maybe, he’ll lose senators.

 

[zeke]

Spoiler: Both Sides

 

[zeke]

 

[zeke]

Here we go....we knew, in the end, stock market >>> lives:

 

[hockeylover]

Here we go....we knew, in the end, stock market >>> lives:

Wh- what does he mean???

 

[zeke]

"Acceptable losses"

 

[hockeylover]

 

[zeke]

Spoiler: Oh hey here's why trump hasn't used his federal powers:

 

[lecoqsportif]

Maybe he’s talking about incontinence.

 

[Krustchev]

Unfortunately a collapse of our economy will cost a lot more lives than this virus will, I think that’s what he meant to say. He’s trying to put pressure on the Senate Dems to pass the stimulus bill.

 

[CH1]

Here we go....we knew, in the end, stock market >>> lives:

That’s really fucked up — all the Idiots who have yet to buy into social distancing, will just say “why bother?”

 

[lecoqsportif]

Unfortunately a collapse of our economy will cost a lot more lives than this virus will, I think that’s what he meant to say. He’s trying to put pressure on the Senate Dems to pass the stimulus bill.

I don’t think so.

Flattening the curve will bring hardship, but not cost ”more lives” than an uncontrolled spread of the virus.

He is referring to a explicit trade off.

Edit - ah, I see your edit. That makes a bit more sense. But the bill sux.

 

[Krustchev]

I don’t think so.

Flattening the curve will bring hardship, but not cost ”more lives” than an uncontrolled spread of the virus.

He is referring to a explicit trade off.

Edit - ah, I see your edit. That makes a bit more sense. But the bill sux.

They’re voting on it again today at 9:05,right after the NYSE opens on-line. Not a coincidence.

 

[zeke]

Unfortunately a collapse of our economy will cost a lot more lives than this virus will, I think that’s what he meant to say. He’s trying to put pressure on the Senate Dems to pass the stimulus bill.

The dems will pass the stimulus bill. With the necessary, positive changes.

They're not the gop, who blockaded the previous stimulus to sabotage obama.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Parts of the bill are good. But another huge part ($450B) could allow firms to use money to do stock buy back pump up bonuses. There’s nothing to prevent it.

 

[zeke]

Indeed.

Anyway, part of the bill are good. But other part could allow a firm to use money to do stock buy back pump up bonuses. There’s nothing to prevent it.

Yep. Nothing to prevent any of that, or prevent companies from taking the money and still doing mass layoffs, and $500b in loans at the sole discretion of the admin with no reporting requirements until after the election, and of course paltry amounts for health services and election security and the like.

Mitch excluded the dems from the writing, didnt have the votes, but pushed the show vote anyways. Dems will have it ready to go by tommorrow.

 

[Habsy]

The dems will pass the stimulus bill. With the necessary, positive changes.

They're not the gop, who blockaded the previous stimulus to sabotage obama.

#propagandist

 

[hockeylover]

Not this again.

 

[Habsy]

Pure propaganda. His wording isn’t by accident. He goes unfettered too often. It’s absurd.

Its also an old trick that Trump is using too, keep repeating something until people believe it.

Tell me this, if there was a right wing extremist doing exactly what zeke is doing, most of you wouldn’t be screaming foul? That’s rhetorical btw, I know the answer.

 

[Krustchev]

The dems will pass the stimulus bill. With the necessary, positive changes.

They're not the gop, who blockaded the previous stimulus to sabotage obama.

The bill’s primary purpose is to give investors confidence that the government will not let the economy collapse so the specifics of the bill aren’t that critical in that sense. $1.4 trillion probably isn’t enough in absolute terms . . .