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Old 04-16-2020, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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it's going on the millenials tab, somebody's got to pay. This will end any talk of universal health care for decades, we'll never be able to afford it now. That ship has sailed away.
No it won't. The socialists will be talking about it again in the upcoming debates, and then again in 2024, and so on.
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Old 04-16-2020, 05:36 PM
 
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And who is going to pay for all that unemployment?
no one. this is going to get inflated away.
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Old 04-16-2020, 05:39 PM
 
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Bill Gates isnt living paycheck to paycheck. He doesnt care if people starve. What I wonder about now is when these states will figure out that all this nonsense means their tax money isnt coming in.
if this means we can default on our state pension obligations, I'll take the hit.
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Old 04-16-2020, 05:40 PM
 
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I'm with you two. But trobesmom's sentiments are due to the utter, overwhelming panic the media has largely helped to instigate.

Yes, clearly, Covid-19 is a serious virus, and people should be concerned and need to take precautions, as with anything that can cause potentially life-threatening illness.

But should we ban everything else that threatens life, like motor vehicles, bicycles, alcohol, tobacco, sugar, fast food/processed food, guns, etc? Hundreds of thousands of people die every single year as a direct result of these things. Driving a vehicle is one of the most dangerous things we can do, yet we think nothing of doing so every day.

I'm a big proponent of health consciousness and healthy living, but to a certain extent, I think we have to accept that LIFE is one big risk.
I do my own research and read studies. I'm not just listening to the media. Call it panic or whatever you will. I know that only one percent of this country has been tested and we already have over 600,000 cases. But do what you want to, no skin off my nose.
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Old 04-16-2020, 05:55 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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I'm with you two. But trobesmom's sentiments are due to the utter, overwhelming panic the media has largely helped to instigate.

Yes, clearly, Covid-19 is a serious virus, and people should be concerned and need to take precautions, as with anything that can cause potentially life-threatening illness.

But should we ban everything else that threatens life, like motor vehicles, bicycles, alcohol, tobacco, sugar, fast food/processed food, guns, etc? Hundreds of thousands of people die every single year as a direct result of these things. Driving a vehicle is one of the most dangerous things we can do, yet we think nothing of doing so every day.

I'm a big proponent of health consciousness and healthy living, but to a certain extent, I think we have to accept that LIFE is one big risk.
Once they get a test that shows if you have already had it, in my opinion, it's going to be some shocking results.
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Old 04-16-2020, 06:09 PM
 
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Stop right there. Trump and the Pubs exploded the deficit with the tax cuts long before the 2018 midterms. Stop lying.
What I said was factually accurate, this is a sad attempt at spin.
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Old 04-16-2020, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Boston
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today's Trump Show went exceedingly well.

Pure genius by Trump to schedule the "We're opening up the Country" plan today. And to turn this over to the governors is really ticking off the MSM and smart on his part. Let them screw it up, you know they will, Trump can sit back and become the "old sage". lol

Poor CNN was so unprepared for how presidential Trump appeared today they had to go back to not enough masks in some hospital when it was over, they had no material prepared.......

Timing is everything, should see a bump in the market on a Friday.
You guys keep rooting for the stock market to crash and it just hasn't happened. Frustrating huh? know why? pure confidence on Wall Street that Trump can turn this around, that's why. Otherwise it could be 16K right now. Will it work?...we'll see
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Old 04-16-2020, 09:45 PM
 
Location: Northern Wisconsin
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Now a further extension to the shutdown. Remember first it was just to Easter to flatten the curve. Then they extend to 4/30. Now eventhough the increase in cases has stopped, its another extension till who knows when. Never ever trust the government, no matter which party. They are all liars.
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Old 04-16-2020, 10:26 PM
 
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Yet the market is already recovering and we aren’t even open yet. Trump’s economy was strong. We will be strong again.
Think about that...how much sense does that make?!!


The DOW should be no higher than about 3000 right now, (considering the state of the global economy)!!
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Old 04-17-2020, 01:52 AM
 
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Now a further extension to the shutdown. Remember first it was just to Easter to flatten the curve. Then they extend to 4/30. Now eventhough the increase in cases has stopped, its another extension till who knows when. Never ever trust the government, no matter which party. They are all liars.
Here in KY they talked about maybe end of May or sometime in June. Two more months of house arrest minimum of staring at the walls, doing nothing. When June gets here it'll probably be yet another month or two.
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