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In reply to the discussion: What happens if our leaders "open up" the economy and nobody comes? [View all]SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)running amuck through some of our neighborhoods that republicans would think seriously twice about opening up 'stuff'. And all while there is still not enough information out there on the full impact/ramifications of what the CV can do to an exposed population!
I think that they (the republicans) are so blinded as to the negative impacts against business interests that they are ignoring them (the negative stuff). The ridiculous and obscene single mindedness of the republicans on this 'opening' up the economy is foolhardy and staggering, and IMHO, we will see the negative impacts soon with all of the beaches opened up, and some businesses opened up. Sure you can be safe, but is it really safe? Do we really know all about the CV that we need to know? Kind of foolhardy to me to jump the gun, so to speak.
Many examples now exist where 'opening' up have resulted in death and serious illness occurring.
What exactly do the republicans actually stand for, I wonder? The Steven Moore school of thought, where the mentality of 'let our seniors go ahead and get sick and perhaps die, too, save the economy instead' or the school of thought that all of us would like an equal chance at life too, regardless of age, regardless of gender, regardless of anything? Don't we all have that equal right/chance to survive?
It is ironic to me that it seems like the republicans themselves need to go back to Economics school and relearn when, how, why, etc. when consumers spend their hard earned money (and they call themselves the party that represents Business). The consumers (you and I) certainly don't spend our money based upon the value of the Dow Jones Industrial averages, as some seem to do (rump, moore, and other worthless idiots).
Take care and be safe!