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I was reading about some of them in the recent Economist magazine entitled Pushing On An Open Door, the virus should speed efforts to shrink the prison population.
"In Harris County some pregnant inmates have been released."
"Sheriff Dart in Chicago says daily arrivals have fallen nearly in half as police issue more citations and arrest fewer offenders." (Which is becoming common in a number of states)
"In Baltimore, the state attorney, Marilyn Mosby, has told prosecutors to stop charging non-violent offenders such as those caught dealing drugs, trespassing or illegally selling sex."
"In Los Angeles, where 17k are in jail on an average day, officials are aiming to get the population down by 2,000. Daily arrests there have dropped from 300 to 60."
"One county jail in Kentucky released 120 of its 697 inmates this month."
Upcoming: release of elderly inmates who can serve their remaining sentence at home. (But do they have a home to go to?)
Iran has released 1000's of inmates from their prisons.
And, where you have beneficiaries, you have those that stand to lose out: Prison/jail guards.
And yes, there are others that are bound to benefit from this crisis. As more and more airlines go belly up, the bigger airlines will gobble them up at a bargain, reducing the airline competition. I have read that SW has only canceled 1 out of 5 flights, because they're not reliant on international travel, so I expect SW to flourish over this virus.
How do Guards lose out? The have an emptier jail to watch and less chance they get sick from the virus.
Grocery Stores are doing well, as are many upstream of them, and retailers of consumer staples (Costco, Target, Wal-Mart.
Truckers seem to be keeping busy.
Home Depot was packed this weekend when I had to stop by.
The people on Unemployment whose checks for the next four months will be larger than those they received when they were working.
Not even close, pal! Sure, you are correct that many unemployed people get a salary increase for the next 4 months but finding a job in this environment is not advisable. Also, many unemployed people will take salary cuts to get re-employed. The fallout from a 2020 job loss could easily be 5-15 years.
An all time high for Trump. Still lower than most previous President's lows.
It means nothing now. Americans historically rally around a president in a crisis. A Harvard/Harris Poll published yesterday showed Joe Biden beating Trump by 10 points in the general election. Several days ago the Fox Poll had Biden ahead of Trump by 9 points.
I'm sure Trumpbots will keep up their bleating about how polls mean nothing. The large number though that all point in the same direction ought to be worrysome.
An all time high for Trump. Still lower than most previous President's lows.
Seeing that Trump's approval average is only about 2% below Obama's average over 8 years, that is a win for Trump.
Just about every media outlet and elitist in the world is against Trump, but the same were all in for Obama, yet Obama averaged only about 2-3% better.
Gallup said Obama's 8 year average was 47.9%. Currently Trump on RCP is 47.3%.
I expect these numbers will be about the same for future presidents as well, since this nation will be forever divided.
The government eventually is profiting off because the number of seniors collecting benefits will drop. Stock market actually made off a lot with the huge drop in share prices.
Seeing that Trump's approval average is only about 2% below Obama's average over 8 years, that is a win for Trump.
Just about every media outlet and elitist in the world is against Trump, but the same were all in for Obama, yet Obama averaged only about 2-3% better.
Gallup said Obama's 8 year average was 47.9%. Currently Trump on RCP is 47.3%.
I expect these numbers will be about the same for future presidents as well, since this nation will be forever divided.
The difference is you are comparing Obama's eight year average with where Trump is now. Trump is at his high point because of a national crisis and the inevitable reaction of citizens who see showing support for the president as showing support for their country. Its not where he is now. Its where he will be when the votes are cast. There is no reason to believe he will be at the high point of his presidency.
It means nothing now. Americans historically rally around a president in a crisis. A Harvard/Harris Poll published yesterday showed Joe Biden beating Trump by 10 points in the general election. Several days ago the Fox Poll had Biden ahead of Trump by 9 points.
I'm sure Trumpbots will keep up their bleating about how polls mean nothing. The large number though that all point in the same direction ought to be worrysome.
The polls only "mean nothing" to them if they appear unfavorable to Trump. Once something looks halfway decent ("Trump's polling higher than ever!!!") all of a sudden the polls are at least somewhat meaningful.
I am just fine with prisoners being released as long as they are non-violent offenders.
Prisons are a big money making business here in the US, that is why so many people wind up in them. There are people doin 20 years for smoking a marijuana joint.
Not even close, pal! Sure, you are correct that many unemployed people get a salary increase for the next 4 months but finding a job in this environment is not advisable. Also, many unemployed people will take salary cuts to get re-employed. The fallout from a 2020 job loss could easily be 5-15 years.
I find that very sad, but at the same time, I must say that even during a Depression economy, there ARE some jobs....just not the jobs that people want.
We will have to learn to stop cherry-picking jobs. Take whatever we can. Tell our college graduates that they'll have to wait to buy that BMW or that house.
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