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TwilightZone

(25,456 posts)

1. We can't shut down everything.

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 06:28 PM

Mar 2020

That's logistically impossible.

Primary essential services:
Hospitals
The electrical grid
Water supply
Telephone/cell services
Police/armed forces
Firefighting
Prisons
Air traffic control
EMS

Plus:
Media
Petroleum
Ports
Banking
Transportation
Refuse collection
Agriculture
Etc.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_services

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So, how much would THIS cost? [View all] Roland99 Mar 2020 OP

We can't shut down everything. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #1

I doubt it... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #2

So you are proposing something along the line of a temporary Universal Basic Income Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #3

Maaaaaybe Roland99 Mar 2020 #4

Sure, Trump would do anything to help procon Mar 2020 #5

It'll be paid for as soon as safeinOhio Mar 2020 #6