It's really telling that in every way, both long and short term economically, socially, culturally, that there isn't a single coherent argument against paying people at least until the economy recovers and COVID is suppressed (of course, there's not much of an argument against permanent basic necessities of life payments either, but yay …
It's really telling that in every way, both long and short term economically, socially, culturally, that there isn't a single coherent argument against paying people at least until the economy recovers and COVID is suppressed (of course, there's not much of an argument against permanent basic necessities of life payments either, but yay Calvinist Puritanism). Instead, the powers-that-be are going to shred the next ten years of life in the US on the basis of a moral hazard argument that isn't even supported by actual on the ground evidence of how people are behaving.
It's really telling that in every way, both long and short term economically, socially, culturally, that there isn't a single coherent argument against paying people at least until the economy recovers and COVID is suppressed (of course, there's not much of an argument against permanent basic necessities of life payments either, but yay Calvinist Puritanism). Instead, the powers-that-be are going to shred the next ten years of life in the US on the basis of a moral hazard argument that isn't even supported by actual on the ground evidence of how people are behaving.
they want permanent serfdom and they know they'll be fine no matter what so why not go for it