Giving Americans Money to Offset Coronavirus Impact Gains Support in Congress

Re:Giving Americans Money to Offset Coronavirus Impact Gains... by dpcan on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:56AM (#22605415)

Chasing our own tails.

If this virus does very little to zero damage in the US, I’m afraid it will become the worst “cry wolf” situation in the history of humanity.... when the truly dangerous bug arrives.

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Re:Giving Americans Money to Offset Coronavirus Impact Gains... by unknown_library on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:20AM (#22605687)

If it does very little damage, then mission accomplished.

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Re:Giving Americans Money to Offset Coronavirus Impact Gains... by dpcan on Saturday March 21, 2020 @07:34PM (#22651203)

Yes, I am 100% on board with this. Nothing happens is exactly what we want, and WHY we are doing what we are doing.

But there are too many people in this world that are painfully illogical and will think it's a "hoax" or "fake" if nothing actually happens.

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Re:Giving Americans Money to Offset Coronavirus Impact Gains... by pbourke on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @11:41AM (#22605936)

Even if the US had a magical force field that kept the virus out, it would still do a considerable amount of damage.

The supply disruptions that hit China are now moving to the rest of the world.

The largest companies in the US do a large amount of foreign business - I’ve heard up to 40% or so of the revenue of the S&P 500 comes from outside of the US.

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