Furlough estimate
07-19-2020, 04:19 PM
#1561
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Originally Posted by FXLAX
Seems like some people don’t see inflation, when it’s driven by government actions (the Fed), as the regressive tax it is on everyone.
07-19-2020, 05:23 PM
#1563
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Quickly found out I am competing with 45 million people for minimum wage jobs. Crazy times. Hopefully union can do better. Must do better.
I'm gone ... due to 65 ... which is fine as I'm ready ... but I'm still tossing and turning every night ... so many guys going through crap.
Good luck.
07-19-2020, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Hat
I wish I had your optimism on Cares2.....I think the government will say they've done enough already and are out of free lunches. BUT I keep spamming my elected leadership about it.
07-20-2020, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by domino
agreed. Trump knows he’s going down in November, and not only going down, but he will be Crushed! There will be no cares 2 because he will want to take the economy down with him. By December, the US economy will be a crater in the ground.
07-20-2020, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by domino
agreed. Trump knows he’s going down in November, and not only going down, but he will be Crushed! There will be no cares 2 because he will want to take the economy down with him. By December, the US economy will be a crater in the ground.
07-20-2020, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by domino
agreed. Trump knows he’s going down in November, and not only going down, but he will be Crushed! There will be no cares 2 because he will want to take the economy down with him. By December, the US economy will be a crater in the ground.
As far as the economy goes, the world's central banks will keep those electronic printing presses going to keep the economy afloat. There's no sign of inflation right now so they can afford to do this.
While I share others' concerns about inflation, the excess liquidity in the system isn't chasing goods and services; it's chasing assets (stocks, bonds, real estate). So the inflation is only seen right now in investments.
07-20-2020, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bidnez
It's interesting that so many airline pilots are so far to the right and believe in so strongly that capitalism is the way.
But as soon as their job is threatened, they put their hand out for a government bailout.
If my airline bites the dust or I get furloughed, then that's just life.. if the demand for airline travel is there, I will have a job flying something. Capitalism is survival of the fittest.
If they had used the bailout money to provide free healthcare, when I lose my job at least I would be able to goto the doctor.
Seriously, you can't have it both ways..
But as soon as their job is threatened, they put their hand out for a government bailout.
If my airline bites the dust or I get furloughed, then that's just life.. if the demand for airline travel is there, I will have a job flying something. Capitalism is survival of the fittest.
If they had used the bailout money to provide free healthcare, when I lose my job at least I would be able to goto the doctor.
Seriously, you can't have it both ways..
07-21-2020, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by stevo22
Anyone have a wild guess at how many lives could have been saved if we took half the money our country’s response to COVID has cost us and instead spent it on other forms of healthcare for our citizens and other diseases that currently take millions of lives every year? I’d bet it’s a lot more than COVID’s death toll will ever reach.
more seriously; it’s generally accepted that prevention is more cost effective than cure, but that would require a fundamental re-evaluation of our priorities...
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