Subj : Re: Covid times
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Bob Roberts
Date : Thu Dec 10 2020 10:06:40

  Re: Re: Covid times
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bob Roberts on Thu Dec 10 2020 07:29 am

 PF> And this could be noted as the most catastrophic failure of
 PF> trickle-down economics. I feel that if we'd given everyone a monthly
 PF> stipend instead of small business loans co-opted by larger businesses
 PF> and bailouts to vulnerable industries, people would *spend* that
 PF> money propping up the economy - and not have to worry as much about
 PF> food scarcity, unemployment and paying rent.

Yes.  Amen.

Government was invented for this. To provide services that benefit all of society.  They need to step in to protect people and business until the vaccine is distributed widely enough that things can return to normal.  

The whole PPP program was used and abused.
                                
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