(05-19-2020 07:34 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(05-19-2020 07:28 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  

(05-18-2020 08:00 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(05-18-2020 12:03 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  Would a politician of either party or somebody on this board other than me (maybe I've overlooked and apologize if so) please say the following:

The longer we keep the economy locked down, the more people will suffer — not just economically but mentally and physically (suicide, weakening immune systems and diseases spread due to depression and homelessness, lack of physical exercise, etc.).

This is one of my major complaints: Few folks who want to get the economy cranking again (and I strongly do) are noting the potential mental and physical health damage being done by not doing so. The argument seems overwhelmingly "economic" as opposed to both economic and a whole slew of non-virus related mental and physical health concerns that could worsen very soon if we don't resume some element of normalcy.

And because the politicians seemingly are too unskilled to articulate this (I will not mention names), ... it lessens the strength of their argument to reopen the economy.

Politicians are well to do. They live around professionals and other well to do people. Love him or hate him, the reason Trump got elected is because blue collar people have been ignored by both parties for 30 years and voted for a change. This is more of the same. The middle middle and lower middle income people are getting crushed economically. But the politicians don't live around those people and don't see it.

You aren’t wrong of course, but it always completely blew my mind that Donald Trump of all people was able to successfully brand himself as a man of the working people

Why? Wealthy politicians branding themselves as friends of the workers is old hat among Democrats - think FDR and the Kennedy's. It's about policies not personal wealth.

I really don’t care to get into a political debate but the short version is because he’s a billionaire whose penthouse is plated in gold and who has a long history of shorting and/or not paying workers.