Subj : Re: Covid times To : Bob Roberts From : poindexter FORTRAN Date : Thu Dec 10 2020 07:29:00 -=> Bob Roberts wrote to Argelian <=- BR> Obviously food and housing is a huge concern. The economic impacts of BR> the pandemic are just as powerful as those of the actual virus. And this could be noted as the most catastrophic failure of trickle-down economics. I feel that if we'd given everyone a monthly stipend instead of small business loans co-opted by larger businesses and bailouts to vulnerable industries, people would *spend* that money propping up the economy - and not have to worry as much about food scarcity, unemployment and paying rent. .... Discover your formulas and abandon them --- MultiMail/XT v0.52 * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (700:100/20) .