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I can't tell if this is sarcastic or not, but I will assume it is not. It is not this simple. You can't, in our current system, shift wealth that readily and q

I can't tell if this is sarcastic or not, but I will assume it is not. It is not this simple. You can't, in our current system, shift wealth that readily and quickly. Even if you could, how would you approach possibly selling this in a democracy? And assuming it was feasible, and we could get popular support for it, how would it be implemented? Rationing cards? Government ran food stores? This is NOT the Spanish Flu. It is very different in its behavior. There is currently no evidence to expect a more deadly, virulent second wave. Please remember that the Spanish Flu was anomalous because it had a more deadly second wave. Almost all viruses, as a function of evolution, become less deadly over time. And this ignores all of the vast improvements in our understanding of sickness and hygiene, our availability of clean, sanitary conditions etc. Hell, even the change in density between 1918 and 2021 is massively changed.

atomi 6y ago
One way would be to have a monthly payment similar to Trump's $1200 [stimulus check] every month. The government can later recoup that through more equitable tax policies on the ultra wealthy and massive corporations. This has been proposed by legitimate legislators. https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1270000771132731397 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1270000771132731397 As for your claim to a lack of a second wave, I'll have to defer to the experts on that. I'm looking at a historical case for a worse case scenario which I think is prudent to consider.
- NotSammyHagar 6y ago
  I don't know what Trump's $1200 monthly payment refers to, the welfare payments came from the us federal govt and state govts. A better reference is Andrew Yang's proposed $1000/month payment.
pbourke 6y ago
> You can't, in our current system, shift wealth that readily and quickly. The Fed seems to be doing just that

atomi 6y ago

One way would be to have a monthly payment similar to Trump's $1200 [stimulus check] every month. The government can later recoup that through more equitable tax policies on the ultra wealthy and massive corporations. This has been proposed by legitimate legislators. https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1270000771132731397 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1270000771132731397 As for your claim to a lack of a second wave, I'll have to defer to the experts on that. I'm looking at a historical case for a worse case scenario which I think is prudent to consider.

NotSammyHagar 6y ago
I don't know what Trump's $1200 monthly payment refers to, the welfare payments came from the us federal govt and state govts. A better reference is Andrew Yang's proposed $1000/month payment.

pbourke 6y ago

> You can't, in our current system, shift wealth that readily and quickly. The Fed seems to be doing just that