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Getting America Back to Work - Weigh In

So, you have states like South Carolina and Florida not following the Federal government guidelines i.e being two weeks on a downward trajectory before entering Phase 1.
What can the Administration do?

How about publicly saying that the move is a mistake?

That would actually be more consistent than, for instance, putting in place guidelines and then egging on people to defy the guidelines you, in fact, put in place.
 
Repubs talk about the sanctity of life when it comes to abortions but when it comes to making money "There are more important things than living."

That’s consistent with their messaging on social welfare spending.
 
It’s fine to bosides it a bit, but conservatives have generally been pretty comfortable with negative health outcomes for poor people so rich people can get richer.
 
It’s fine to bosides it a bit, but conservatives have generally been pretty comfortable with negative health outcomes for poor people so rich people can get richer.

Yeah, that was one selection factor for the massive natural selection experiment that I left out, wealth.
 
From Heather Cox Richardson (4/21):

Overshadowing this news today, though, was a razor sharp observation made yesterday by George Chidi, a Georgia journalist and former staff writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Chidi examined Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, tattoo parlors, barbers, nail salons, restaurants, theaters, and massage therapists, among other businesses, next week.
Kemp said the businesses would be required to screen workers for illness, increase sanitation rules, separate workspaces by at least six feet, telework where at all possible, and have staggered shifts. He also said that more restrictive local rules could not override his order.
Kemp told reporters that his concern was to protect small businesses, hurt by the economic shutdown, but Chidi had a different interpretation. “It’s about making sure people can’t file unemployment,” he wrote.
The state’s unemployment fund has about $2.6 billion. The shutdown has made claims skyrocket—Chidi says the fund will empty in about 28 weeks. There is no easy way to replenish the account because Georgia has recently set a limit on income taxes that cannot be overridden without a constitutional amendment. It cannot borrow enough to cover the fund either, because by law Georgia can’t borrow more than 5% of its previous year’s revenue in any year, and any borrowing must be repaid in full before the state can borrow more.
By ending the business closures, Kemp guarantees that workers can no longer claim they are involuntarily unemployed, and so cannot claim unemployment benefits. Chidi notes that the order did not include banks, software firms, factories, or schools. It covered businesses usually staffed by poorer people that Kemp wants to keep off the unemployment rolls.
Kemp threw onto businesses responsibility for reassuring customers that reopening was the right thing to do. He warned that “The private sector is going to have to convince the public that it’s safe to come back into these businesses,” Kemp said. “That’s what a barber is going to have to do. It’s what a tattoo parlor is going to have to do.” He also acknowledged that cases of Covid-19 would rise, but noted that the state had expanded its hospital bed capacity.
 
BTW, opening Georgia back up doesn't mean people are going to flock to these retail locations. There are still going to be a ton of people who don't get to go back to work because their employers won't need as many workers.
 
BTW, opening Georgia back up doesn't mean people are going to flock to these retail locations. There are still going to be a ton of people who don't get to go back to work because their employers won't need as many workers.

But does it mean the Dawgs can start fall camp on time?
 
Rich people can't pause their fucking cash machines for 6 mos and it's always at the expense of the most vulnerable.
 
Rich people can't pause their fucking cash machines for 6 mos and it's always at the expense of the most vulnerable.

Well said. All they need to do is stop making as much money for a short period of time to save tens of thousands of lives.
 
Trump just said that he told Kemp that he feels he is going “too far too fast” with opening some locations he is considering opening including spas, barbershops and hair salons.
 
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