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Once again, vastly better and more effective policy actions coming out of the House than the Senate or White House. A payroll tax cut isn't going to help servic
by revel 7y ago
Once again, vastly better and more effective policy actions coming out of the House than the Senate or White House. A payroll tax cut isn't going to help service industry workers who lose their jobs due to demand falling off a cliff. Right now there are two crises unfolding simultaneously in the US: the virus itself and its devastating impact on the payment side of the health care system. Across the US, particularly in states that didn't adopt the ACA, workers are uninsured or underinsured. Those workers are going to attempt to work through illness because they can't pay for care and, in turn, will massively spread the virus.
It's a train wreck that's been decades in the making
- majos 7y agoWhat’s with the flood of downvotes on this comment? It’s civil, relevant, and contributes to discussion of the topic. Maybe you disagree with its conclusion, but that’s not what downvotes are for.
- throwaway2048 7y agoBecause anything that blames government policy for specific failures beyond a generic bemoaning of "regulations" is seen as "too political" and "uncivil" by HN.
- kick 7y agoI agree with the downmodded comment, but it's important to remember that downmodding can be used to express disagreement: Paul Graham: I think it's ok to use the up and down arrows to express agreement. Obviously the uparrows aren't only for applauding politeness, so it seems reasonable that the downarrows aren't only for booing rudeness. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 Also, try not to comment on the voting on comments, it doesn't help much, and breaks the site's guidelines: Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y agoACA is far better than Obamacare.
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- jillesvangurp 7y agoThe normal course of action, which has become almost unthinkable in recent years, is that house + senate leaders would quickly bang together some bipartisan legislation that gets the crisis addressed that is voted through and rubber stamped in no time by the president. Instead you have a president playing anti migration sentiments via Twitter while not listening to his advisors, a very hands-off republican senate that defaults to saying "no" to just about anything, and a democratic house calling their bluff. None of them are looking particularly good. I think it's a reasonable expectation to still see that happen eventually. There are only so many casualties most elected representatives, senators, etc. will be able to have happen on their watch before their electorate calls them out. They sure are taking their sweet time though. But it's an election year too and absolutely nothing is out of scope for when it comes to that.