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SARS-CoV-2 doesn't care about monetary policy. Why not give money directly to the people who need it? They'll spend the money right away. I'm willing to sacrif

by js2 7y ago

SARS-CoV-2 doesn't care about monetary policy. Why not give money directly to the people who need it? They'll spend the money right away. I'm willing to sacrifice my 401(k) and retire on just SS if need be if my government is willing to help everyone worse off than me.

webninja 7y ago
There’s thousands of rich bourgeoisie in this world that don’t think like you. But your comment gives me hope that there’s more people out there that are driven by things other than fear and greed.
sfj 7y ago
Curious why you need to government involved? Why not just take your money out of your 401(k) yourself? You'll suffer a penalty, but people are in need.
- ShinyObject 7y ago
  Because uncoordinated individual action is ineffective against large scale problems, which should be obvious right now.
  - sfj 7y ago
    If he gave his money to a few people in need, it would be effective for them, wouldn't it? And probably better spent then after going through the tangled mess of government bureaucracy. What more could you hope for?
    - js2 7y ago
      The GoFundMe model of health insurance and welfare doesn’t work. It’s my government’s job. It’s why we have social security and medicare and Medicaid and TANF, etc, in the first place. I can’t do it alone. Promoting the general welfare is right in the preamble of our constitution: > We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. And in the letter of transmittal, Washington wrote: > Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved.

by js2 7y ago

webninja 7y ago

There’s thousands of rich bourgeoisie in this world that don’t think like you. But your comment gives me hope that there’s more people out there that are driven by things other than fear and greed.

sfj 7y ago

Curious why you need to government involved? Why not just take your money out of your 401(k) yourself? You'll suffer a penalty, but people are in need.

ShinyObject 7y ago
Because uncoordinated individual action is ineffective against large scale problems, which should be obvious right now.
- sfj 7y ago
  If he gave his money to a few people in need, it would be effective for them, wouldn't it? And probably better spent then after going through the tangled mess of government bureaucracy. What more could you hope for?
  - js2 7y ago
    The GoFundMe model of health insurance and welfare doesn’t work. It’s my government’s job. It’s why we have social security and medicare and Medicaid and TANF, etc, in the first place. I can’t do it alone. Promoting the general welfare is right in the preamble of our constitution: > We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. And in the letter of transmittal, Washington wrote: > Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved.