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To: Jamie153 who wrote (1232110)	5/22/2020 2:53:26 PM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575596

Some Republicans claim that we can’t afford to keep providing a safety net, because we’re incurring too much debt. But that’s both bad economics and disingenuous. After all, soaring budget deficits haven’t stopped Trump officials from considering, yes, more tax cuts. There’s also a pretense that the push for reopening is coming from ordinary working Americans, that it’s a populist, grass-roots demand. But the public is much more worried that we’ll reopen too quickly than that we’ll open too slowly, and those who have lost wages as a result of the lockdown are no more likely to favor quick reopening than those who haven’t. No, the push to ignore the health experts is a top-down thing; it’s coming from Trump and his allies, and whatever limited public support they’re getting is driven by partisanship, not populism. So why are Trump and friends so eager to run the risk of a much higher death toll? The answer, surely, is that they’re reverting to type. In the early stages of this pandemic, Trump and the right in general downplayed the threat because they didn’t want to hurt stock prices. Now they’re pushing for a premature end to containment because they imagine that it will boost stocks again. It didn’t have to go this way. Another leader might have told Americans that they’re in a tough fight but will win in the end. Governors like Andrew Cuomo who have taken that stance have seen their approval soar. But Trump can’t get beyond boosterism, insisting that everything is great on his watch. And he’s clearly still obsessed with the stock market as the measure of his presidency. So Trump and his party want to go full speed ahead with reopening no matter how many people it kills. As I said, their de facto position is that Americans must die for the Dow.

To: Jamie153 who wrote (1232110)

5/22/2020 4:21:53 PM

From: locogringo

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Why is it okay for Trump to lie but not your children?

Why is it ok for you to lie about my children? WTF is wrong with you now? I thought families were OFF LIMITS here? You must be a liberal. Is there anything sacred to you other than your money and paychecks from the Chi-Coms? Please continue to gather ignores and post more vile hatred against innocent children and earn your WUHAN KILLER dollars. I'm not sure you can get more disgusting with your ignorant posts.