(03-24-2020 01:43 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (03-24-2020 12:46 PM)TripleA Wrote: Trump subscribes to the Stink Doctrine. He is really itching to pull all the stay at home orders and put everybody back to work.
And exactly what power does he have to tell my company that they can't require their employees to work from home until April 24th...my current mandate?
What power does he have to force the NHL, NBA and MLB to resume their seasons?
And what power does he have to tell state governors they can't issue stay at home orders, etc. in the name of public safety?
Remember most all in the GOP love state's rights.
Likely none. Just as he hasn't issued any stay at home orders himself as it is.
He's trying to (rightly IMO) find that sweet spot or balance between utterly wrecking the Country (not simply the economy, but entire industries) and protecting the public health for the largest number of people with the smallest negative impact.
For all I know, your owners/bosses may look around and say "Hunh, you know, that actually worked out okay in the end. Maybe all these people
don't need to drive in everyday. Save the time, the fuel, the carbon footprint
and they can pocket that money as a weekly bonus. We cut our overhead in rent, utilities, property taxes and a thousand other things."
This may in the end fundamentally change a LOT of companies, big and small. Both my kids are now tele-learning through classes being posted on-line, likely a change we see for the next generation to come, moreso than even now.
Each business, industry, sports league etc will be left to make their own decisions. Which in all likelihood means of course the NBA won't reopen, too woke, MLB will kick off a little late.
To the latter, I'm not sure if that's supposed to be a dig or simply an observation Either way, I'd hope this is as clear an illustration as to why. The Federal government is a lot of things, some would say onerous, overbearing, wasteful, inefficient. One thing NO ONE EVER would claim they are is nimble.
Look no further than moaning we see on this board alone- who's it directed at? The Fed Government for being supposedly slow to act, leaving people out in the cold, whatever else. I don't necessarily believe either of those to be true in this instance, but in the macro, yes.
What works for New York is in NO way instructive to Idaho or Nebraska.
That, and when a situation comes up like this it's better to have 50 laboratories all pursuing their own paths than one behemoth telling Cali what worked for Rhode Island will work for them. It won't.
Fed gov is the backstop, as in We got your back. Go get after it, get whatever supplies fit YOUR individual needs as a State, the Fed will be there to reimburse, fill gaps in product when possible and etc. Federalism works, we're seeing it now, live, writ large.
And may God Bless America.