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Bullets don't fly without Supply
This is sad. Not sure if I should like this, or not like this. We do need to do something about people and their livelihoods, $1,200 isn't going to cut it and neither is staying home indefinitely.
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Almost like if we had better social programs in place, people could afford to stay at home during a pandemic and not have to worry about their livelihood.
I also tend to think that everyone is primed to look at unemployment numbers in a traditional sense, ie a recession. This is a different thing. People still want to consume they just can't. To try and analyze this like a traditional recession won't be accurate.
It also has exposed a lot of fragility in our existing systems such as just in time delivery, centralized production, and maximizing profit to make #s look good so many companies initial reaction is a lay off or furlough.
It also has exposed a lot of fragility in our existing systems such as just in time delivery, centralized production, and maximizing profit to make #s look good so many companies initial reaction is a lay off or furlough.
What did you have in mind?
Living wages for start...
I’d say live within your means to start.
I believe you’re the senior officer on the dinq list for that one, sir.
I hope most people can get re-employed at the same place or a different one, once the lockdown is lifted and businesses staff back up. If >90% of them get re-employed, it’s a win, but I realize that’s wishful thinking and not realistic. Yes, very sad.
Maybe people will take this time to evaluate their chosen profession, and consider a change of career.
Living wage to not go to work? Where do I sign up?
I’d also say McDonalds is not supposed to be a lifetime job and a person should invest in themselves while working there to learn a livable trade.
People Mack this, but an old neighbor of mine went from burger flipper to regional manager with McDonalds. Along a similar line my redneck sister-in-law (yes, my brother is a redneck) started as a part time Walmart worker and now runs one of their distribution centers. Some places like dedicated workers.
I believe you’re the senior officer on the dinq list for that one, sir.
I hope most people can get re-employed at the same place or a different one, once the lockdown is lifted and businesses staff back up. If >90% of them get re-employed, it’s a win, but I realize that’s wishful thinking and not realistic. Yes, very sad.
Maybe people will take this time to evaluate their chosen profession, and consider a change of career.
Why wish a change in career? Just let them go to work. Lots of white collar jobs are up next.
The data is in — stop the panic and end the total isolation
Americans are now desperate for sensible policymakers who have the courage to ignore the panic and rely on facts.
thehill.com
Interesting article on the under-reporting of deaths:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...tqEtNlvd36u1PUedE49hczGvoNcXr4A-0XXMUr7Kiw70o
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...tqEtNlvd36u1PUedE49hczGvoNcXr4A-0XXMUr7Kiw70o
Not wishing. But I recognize that many people may have felt “stuck” in their recent career and wanted a change themselves. Also, people are looking at their neighbors who are in essential jobs and wondering if the grass is greener/ more stable.
Great idea in theory, but who pays? According to Forbes, the 400 richest people in the US are worth approximately $2.96 trillion. Google quotes the US population at about 328.2 million people. Some quick math shows that if we were to somehow go all Kshama Sawant, magically confiscate the wealth of all those people, and cut a check to every living American, you'd be getting somewhere on the order of $9,000. Once. For that thought experiment, we'll ignore the knock-on effects of liquidating major companies that are the underpinnings of the US economy like Amazon (Bezos) and Wal-Mart (the Waltons).
I favor some social safety net, but at some point, Maggie Thatcher was right—you start running out of other people's money.
I got hired at a Jack in the Box at 16 and was a store assistant manger by 18 and manager by 19. But that is not the minimum wage job we are talking about. Most don’t do that.