Re:US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time s...
by SantalBlush on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:15PM
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I did, in fact, laugh out loud at this. Did you think those personal checks were meant to prevent you from getting COVID?
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Re:US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time s...
by hervature on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:32PM
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Do you have so little respect of your fellow man that you think they are incapable of thinking? A big part of the spending was designed to float businesses during lockdowns to “flatten the curve”. The idea being that paying people to stay home would reduce risk of infection. They are pointing out this outcome did not happen.
Re:US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time s...
by SantalBlush on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:54PM
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>Do you have so little respect of your fellow man that you think they are incapable of thinking?
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about the above comment I was replying to.
>They are pointing out this outcome did not happen.
Flattening the curve absolutely does not mean preventing people from getting COVID; it's about lengthening the time horizon in which the population gets infected to reduce strain on the health care system.
Moreover, a personal anecdote about getting COVID doesn't imply an overall policy failure. Just because someone let sick people cough in their face doesn't mean they should wax intellectual about macroeconomics.
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Re:US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time s...
by SantalBlush on Thursday March 17, 2022 @07:47AM
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Is she a plastic surgeon or something? What's her number?
Re:US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time s...
by MisterMower on Thursday March 17, 2022 @12:13AM
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No, but the guy who made the comment I responded to does. I’m explaining why he is wrong.