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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:56PM (#22873286)
You seem to believe that 'stocks' are some abstract entity and are relevant only to the lives of people without grandmas to hang.

We don't live in a vacuum. Economic activity is not some cute thing people do in their free time. Recession also costs lives, including those of some grandmas.

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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by majormajor on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:01PM (#22873327)
Yes, and one of the interesting questions would be *why is our government so much more effective at propping up "the stocks" while everyone loses their job? There's miles of room for argument over the economic policy response.

But instead what we get is "the economic effects aren't worth it" where none of the assumptions are quantified.

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Re:L.A. Times to Furlough Workers as Ad Revenue ‘Nearly Elim... by nate_meurer on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:27AM (#22874819)
Our economy has fallen off a cliff, and we have no view of bottom yet. What exactly do you expect anyone to be able to quantify at this early stage?
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