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My late wife’s sister and her husband are both self employed damookster Send a noteboard - 05/05/2020 03:07:46 AM

They have made $800 total in the last eight weeks. Both were rejected for unemployment compensation, probably because they lack the skills to fill out the online forms in a way that benefits them. No one can survive in Connecticut on $100 a week.

Shutting down cities, counties and states by executive order deprives those who are forced out of work of any sort of due process. At least if it was done by state legislatures there would be debate and accountability. Go to those out of work and ask them if they are proud that for every 30 who have lost their livelihoods, one life has been saved. Ask them if they wouldn’t have volunteered to be unemployed knowing that would be the result. See what they answer.

Show me one person who hasn’t made a dime in two months who wasn’t already wealthy and is happy that their loss is saving lives.

Mook

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Safety at what cost? And who is paying for it? damookster - 04/05/2020 01:51:07 PM 720 Views
Almost like not having good government comes at a cost, huh? fionwe1987 - 04/05/2020 03:19:02 PM 509 Views
the Democrats and others on the American Left have never been friendly to small businesses damookster - 04/05/2020 03:46:38 PM 480 Views
This may have been true at some point... fionwe1987 - 04/05/2020 04:49:41 PM 409 Views
yes, we will see. damookster - 04/05/2020 05:54:26 PM 466 Views
Yes, it is worse in India, and even worse in other places fionwe1987 - 04/05/2020 06:43:39 PM 463 Views
The death rate is not a fixed number *NM* Roland00 - 05/05/2020 02:11:53 AM 197 Views
No shit. *NM* damookster - 05/05/2020 02:18:49 AM 200 Views
I meant the rate of death if infected, is not a fixed number *NM* Roland00 - 05/05/2020 02:19:48 AM 192 Views
Neither is the number of unemployed. *NM* damookster - 05/05/2020 02:22:47 AM 218 Views
We have tools that can impact that number, we can not do so for the death rate. Roland00 - 05/05/2020 02:34:19 AM 398 Views
My late wife’s sister and her husband are both self employed damookster - 05/05/2020 03:07:46 AM 503 Views
But that is entirely a fixable failure of the system... fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 03:26:25 AM 446 Views
Oh please damookster - 05/05/2020 04:01:34 AM 453 Views
Then I fail to see your point... fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 05:57:20 AM 446 Views
I am not going to play this game mookie. Roland00 - 05/05/2020 03:29:52 AM 451 Views
NYC is a poorly run cruise ship and not an example of what could happen everywhere else. damookster - 05/05/2020 03:54:13 AM 449 Views
That's some prime nonsense fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 05:58:45 AM 425 Views
Here’s the deal and the point my two repliers are missing. damookster - 05/05/2020 04:29:36 AM 468 Views
We ban businesses and fields of the economy all the time. Roland00 - 05/05/2020 04:41:33 AM 433 Views
Were freon and incandescent light bulbs banned by executive order without new legislation? damookster - 05/05/2020 04:49:00 AM 459 Views
You can not always complain to the manager Mookie, sometimes there is no manager and we must act to Roland00 - 05/05/2020 05:00:00 AM 451 Views
This is NOT Europe. damookster - 05/05/2020 05:13:55 AM 459 Views
fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 06:02:51 AM 442 Views
The next election is the accountability. I thought you were aware how a democracy works fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 06:00:57 AM 455 Views
I will have a go at responding as well gban007 - 06/05/2020 12:18:31 AM 625 Views
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