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How easy it is for some to back and say that the government should be doing this or that. As these attitudes of entitlement continue to supplant those of self
by _curious_ 6y ago
How easy it is for some to back and say that the government should be doing this or that. As these attitudes of entitlement continue to supplant those of self reliance, what happens?
"...Payroll support is then a more easily-administered form of federal UI. (Plus state UI is written in COBOL, they will literally crash.)"
Given how PPP just played out and considering the history our government has with opacity surrounding public-private finance...do you believe that such a broad strategy in US could be done with competence and integrity? If so, how?
"The point is that we literally cannot pinch pennies now: anything we "save" will hit us twice as hard as a new entitlement cost, or a cost to the states, or in reduced tax revenue, or whatnot." Could you elaborate on this premise?
"Also, retaining workers will help to ensure a V-shaped economic recovery."
There is no ensuring of anything! Positioning it as "will help ensure" is a linguistic setup strangely reminiscent of how politicians like to manipulate words (and people).
But "Money is a fiction"...what does this even mean?