Re:Millions of credit-card customers can’t pay their bills
by dwpdwpdwpdwpdwp on Saturday April 25, 2020 @05:13PM
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I have the fear that the same Americans that want the "Swedish approach to CoVid19" are the ones against the social safety nets that has made it possible.
I believe you're right about that. The cynic in me thinks Georgia is only 'reopening' to avoid paying more unemployment. Maybe it's my own Swedish ancestry that compels me to want an strong social safety net and a softer lockdown?
Sweden has a strong well being systems. People stays at home every winter during the flu seasons. In any given meeting there are a couple of employees working from home because they may have the flu.
To compare the social protections of Sweden that allow citizens to stay home when sick ALWAYS, not just for the current pandemic, with the USA approach of come-to-work-or-you-are-fired is not reasonable.
The USA should pay more to their employees, have better healthcare coverage, give paid leave, and forbid free lay offs. And then, it would be in a position to postpone, lets see for how long, the shutdowns in a pandemic.
Sweden without lock down: Workplaces -32% New York with lock downs: Workplaces -48%
I have the fear that the same Americans that want the "Swedish approach to CoVid19" are the ones against the social safety nets that has made it possible.
- https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-04-17_SE_Mobil...
- https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobility/2020-04-11_US_New_Y...