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I think somebody like Louie Gohmert, or even Rand Paul would be worse. Trump is petty and slow, it took him like 3 weeks to come to terms, but eventually did. Never underestimate the capability of some people to triple down on stupid.
Im going to have two cups of coffee tomorrow morning.called it
I said by monday wed be 3 rd most infected country
called it
Called it.
I think somebody like Louie Gohmert, or even Rand Paul would be worse. Trump is petty and slow, it took him like 3 weeks to come to terms, but eventually did. Never underestimate the capability of some people to triple down on stupid.
My feeling on this is that we frame this debate (free market vs. "socialism") as an all-or-nothing scenario, in believing that either system will work the best across the entire economic and social landscape. Personally, I believe some industries, like healthcare, are incompatible with the profit motive. A healthcare corporation's number 1 priority should be saving lives, not making their shareholders happy. I think certain industries that might have deleterious effects on society if they're allowed to performed unregulated need a different set regulations than industries and business that don't, e.g. a chemical company should be more regulated than a donut shop. Boiled down, a mixed approach works best rather than capitalism for everything or socialism for everything, which we have to some extent, but I think there's need to be adjustment.
We obviously intuitively feel there's industries that shouldn't be private, like defense and law enforcement, but for some reason, we collectively don't think the same for healthcare. Not sure why.
Trump didn't kill 100s of thousands and displace millions from their homes in Iraq based on a lie, but I know what you mean.
His leadership in this as in so much else has been abysmal.
Bro. States competing against each other is how the system is set up. That’s federalism.
Imo because we have the best and worst healthcare among Western countries. We are leaders in biological science and research on the whole. No other country comes close. We have figured out some of the most difficult genetic and transmissible disease disorders. But basic stuff, it depends how much $ you make.
You think he's come to terms?
Yeah Iraq was horrible, but Bush is at least capable of empathy. I believe if Bush could go back and do things differently he would. Trump would just double down on his 10 out of 10 performance. Its honestly terrifying.
That's cool, but not in an emergency.
The federal government is the superior sovereign and can override the states in an emergency. That's federalism too.
We have great research but we in no way shape or form have the best healthcare. You can pick whatever metric you want to show that, and none of them show the United States as the best. I just don't know how you would make this argument and back it up in anyway.
I think he understands the seriousness of the situation. Took him 3 weeks, but I think he's there. He'll still say all sorts of banal and stupid things, because that's who he is. And sure, if you're looking for leadership and inspiration, you probably have to look somewhere else.
But he'll sign the bills when they get to his desk, that's gigantic progress right now.
During a regular situation sure. In a national emergency? No.
I can't think of a single comparable situation where the states would have to lead the way.
I do not think he understands the seriousness of the situation. If he did, he wouldn't have spent the press conference today talking about how no one ever thanked him.
Sorry, I can't reconcile those two things.
Let's just say that he at least won't be an obstacle once Congress get their together. He approved California major disaster classification today at the request of the California governor.
At this point, and considering his track record of re edness, this is huge progress.
Bro, why do you hate this country?
My sarcasm was a little too subtle
Bro, I seemingly love this country more than some of the folks that were born here, tbh... true story.
Gotcha. My bad.
When federal measures fail to prevent the inevitable carnage, the states will be blamed.
Because the 1st two are roles, the 3rd is a service. Imagine the LE was run by multiple organizations, each bidding for contracts. Let one of their officers shoot an unarmed person. That wouldn't just lead to someone being relieved of duty - it would lead to loss of contract for the entire company. Stretch that to the military as well. What private company could spend enough to outfit carriers, air forces and land forces in hopes of landing a contract? Meanwhile, there are doctors who can open private practices without needing 400 billion as a down payment. Sure it's something we have to have to survive, but so is food. Should grocers be federally run? What about housing? Should that also be owned by the feds so everyone has the same house and there are no private builders?
More panic lingo
The economic carnage is already happening.
Look at what's happening to sick people in Italy and Spain.
NY and Seattle aren't far behind.
People die every day and have since people have lived. Are you calling the seasonal flu results "inevitable carnage"?
You sensationalize it for whatever reason, perhaps you have a doomsday, Alex Jones type outlook on life.
.. Just walking around his house, mumbling something about ending the FedRIP ma
dear dr Paul
hes basically TGY these days
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