Maybe he is experiencing time dilation.
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I have been thinking that issuing a government funded credit card would be the easiest solution for bailing out every person. They could load it each month of this crisis with $$ (say a basic income) and set a reasonable limit on it, with a payback plan that starts a year after the crisis is over. They can then tax back the rich and everyone else would pay back the extra they spend with it. This all would be hell of a lot easier to administer than the piece meal every govât seems willing to do for the people who yell loudest for money.
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The stupid - it burns!
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You want people to spend right now - donât have them worrying about paying back.
Also - every landlord doesnât accept credit cards, just cut a damn check - then the next one- make the banks cash them even if you donât have an account.
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Australia raises the drawbridge to the world:
And Tasmania raises the drawbridge to Australia:
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Thereâs an old saying in the industrial world: âJust breathe through your glove, youâll be fine.â
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true that, but credit cards can do cash back and I donât know a landlord who wonât accept cash. The problem with the piecemeal approach to helping people is trying to administer it NOW when there arenât the people to do the administering, not to mention the bureaucracy gums up the works. My prime minister admitted today that the EI checks likely wonât be in the mail for a month or more and people who live paycheck to paycheck need the money now. Thankfully most provinces arenât allowing landlords to evict right now, but people still need to eat. This shitshow is just going to get bigger before it gets better.
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Itâs different in the US. Getting credit cards out wouldnât be quicker.
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The GoP would be prob be happy giving everybody $20 Applebees gift cards instead.
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Trump Steaks for everyone!
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Surprised nobody has said anything about that giant font. (All because heâs too damn vain to wear glasses or contacts.)
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If only these screens were available on the market âŚ
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flexible enough to fit up my butt?
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Just saw this. The degree of rage and indignation I feel about this just cannot be put into a post. Use a bandana? Seriously? Like this?
What a fucking mess.
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Well, in a sense, this is true. Chloroquine is a well established drug with a very good safety profile. I could write prescriptions for it today. And frequently do, if patients are travelling to malaria prone areas. What is not clear is what dose and duration is appropriate for this disease, does it have to be paired with azithromycin, what to expect in terms of response and side effects. As an aside, @BakaNeko, while this study is certainly encouraging, any study claiming 100% effectiveness for anything at all sets my alarm bells ringing. I am very hopeful that chloroquine will pan out as effective, but more study is needed before we hang our hat on this.
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That is nauseating. We do not need this money. Most in my income bracket do not. Why the hell stiff the poorest among us? Oh, right, Trump.
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Iâm hardly convinced anything can be done
In the meantime we get several months of people freaking out and looking for somebody to punish
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