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> Why can you accept people dying, but not accept the economy not doing well? In the grand scheme of "the economy", my portfolio is up something like 8% for th

> Why can you accept people dying, but not accept the economy not doing well? In the grand scheme of "the economy", my portfolio is up something like 8% for the year last time I checked. My job is stable. In the locality of "the economy", I have heard multiple businesses in my area say that they are barely hanging on by a thread and will be forced to close permanently if the state forces them to shut down again. People might not be dying from the shutdowns, but it sure is an uneven load we're asking people to carry. Particularly from this high pulpit of HN, where we nearly all have cushy tech jobs where we don't have to interact with anyone to get paid.

dougmwne 6y ago
People are almost certainly dying from the shutdowns. Hopefully less than we save from virus, but this is a difficult thing to measure.
ntsplnkv2 6y ago
> People might not be dying from the shutdowns, but it sure is an uneven load we're asking people to carry. Particularly from this high pulpit of HN, where we nearly all have cushy tech jobs where we don't have to interact with anyone to get paid. Seems like a perfect opportunity for the government to continue supporting people. Perhaps some taxes on your high pulpit would do some good. But heaven forbid we do that - because the real answer isn't "oh people die in a bad economy." It's "I'm unwilling to support my fellow americans in a proper way, I'd rather them risk their lives instead of providing some support during difficult times." e.g. "my taxes!". It's a bad faith argument. The economy has been bad before and we never cared about the poor then.