What exactly do people think will happen after the country is shut down for a month and the initial outbreak is controlled? We won't just say "well done" and resume our former lives (or in this case, restructure society). We will be stuck in a really difficult position.https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1242429682089365504 …
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The right wingers have a point that we cannot suspend all activity indefinitely and run an economy entirely on relief checks and health care. So many people are talking about this like it's an acute problem, that requires a few months of sacrifice. It's not like that at all.
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Because you cannot run a modern society long term at effective 80% unemployment
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It's on a scale of months to a couple of years. The American economy is designed to run on nearly full employment; if you want to run it at socialism with a skeleton crew, you get a permanent change in everyone's way of life
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