Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Trump wanted to end social distancing.

He was joined by those agree with him…

… and those who don’t.

Who gave the order to arrest the CNN crew? Was it the judgment of a trooper on the scene, or was someone higher up the reporting path called to make a decision? If I were still a reporter these are the questions I would ask.

Trump’s solution to the economy being frozen is to simply let everything open up again, and risk a second wave of virus victims that’s even worse than the first. This is when we need truly great leadership and instead he golfs and Tweets. The modern equivalent of fiddling while Rome burns.

Don’t give in to Presidential pressure to take risky drugs! Hydroxychloroquine is safe and effective for coping with Covid-19 Lockdown Syndrome only in its original Hydrox formulation.

The 2008 crash was a long time coming, but the crisis we’re in now came as an overnight delivery. So how are fiscal policy and monetary policy being applied to deal with this emergency?

Where I disagree is the defense of the 2017 tax cut as having no negative effect. When things are going good, as they were, that’s the time to pay off some debt. Stephanie Kelton almost makes it sound as though everything can be financed with debt, rather than taxes, which is a ludicrous idea.

Ending social isolation too soon is just about as smart as, say, blowing up a beached whale.

A tip o’ the DogRat toupee to Denro for the idea.