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Magoo48

(4,659 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:16 AM Mar 2020

Question for the here and now:

both of our candidates must be asked point blank if they would push for huge corporate/industry bailouts, as IQ45 is doing now, or would they concentrate funds available into the direct service of individuals in need?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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Question for the here and now: (Original Post) Magoo48 Mar 2020 OP
I personally think it is more complicated than that. Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #1
These two men are smart enough to answer complicated questions. Magoo48 Mar 2020 #2
I'm just saying the question should acknowledge the complexity. Happy Hoosier Mar 2020 #3
Sounds good.... Magoo48 Mar 2020 #4
It doesn't have to be either/or. Laelth Mar 2020 #5
I want to know who they would prioritize, corporations or people. Magoo48 Mar 2020 #6
 

Happy Hoosier

(7,070 posts)
1. I personally think it is more complicated than that.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:27 AM
Mar 2020

In the short term, we need to help people. And the more directly, the better. In the long term, we must ensure they have jobs to return to.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Magoo48

(4,659 posts)
2. These two men are smart enough to answer complicated questions.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:51 AM
Mar 2020

I would love to hear their answers.

When someone answers, “It’s complicated,” they generally mean one of two things:
A. I don’t want to answer that question.
or
B. You’re too stupid to understand the answer.

“It’s complicated” is either avoidance or an insult.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Happy Hoosier

(7,070 posts)
3. I'm just saying the question should acknowledge the complexity.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 08:56 AM
Mar 2020

I certainly think the question is a valid one if it is framed more generally. Something more like: what are the best steps we can take to ensure peoples’ basic needs are met and the nation’s economy stabilized?

Old-fashioned bailouts are not the best option here. My own progressive side also tells me this is a chance make some transformational changes, though that will probably have to wait until after the election.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
5. It doesn't have to be either/or.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 10:18 AM
Mar 2020

But I do think that is a timely and important question.

-Laelth

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Magoo48

(4,659 posts)
6. I want to know who they would prioritize, corporations or people.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 01:28 PM
Mar 2020

I know people work for corporations. If they are in need, we help them first.

I don’t want resources going to the corporate entity itself or to any CEOs or upper management.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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