The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(04-24-2020, 08:07 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(04-24-2020, 01:48 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(04-22-2020, 07:39 PM)gabrielle Wrote: Well, good for them.  Just so you know, though, they do all those things in blue states too.  Even in blue cities within red states. 

I think we all agree the economy is f--cked. Blues are sacrificing just as much as reds.  Unemployment is likely around 15% or more right now, I've read.  But I'm not really sure what you expect people to do.  The economic crisis we have right now is because of the Covid crisis.  The economy is only ever as healthy as the working people driving it.  We have to beat this health crisis, and the only way to do that is to trust our health care experts.

It's going take a year or more to beat the COVID19 crisis. My issue with our governor, he talks a lot and dishes a lot information but doesn't give us any definitive information about time lines or goals related to economic recovery or loosening up and lifting restrictions and so forth. I figure the medical professionals, analysts and scientific related professional are going to get a handle the COVID19 crisis related stuff. My guess is unemployment is closer to 20% at the moment and will most likely be higher than that next month. My mother was a nurse for over forty years. I love/trust the nurses, doctors, first response folks and so forth like everyone else. But, the medical folks that we don't see that don't work in hospitals are now getting laid off too due to lack of work right now. So, something's got to give and attention must begin to shift from COVID19 to the economy pretty quick or we can expect to see all kinds of trouble from all the ripple effects that we aren't used to seeing going on all over the place. My governor ain't all that bad for Democratic governor but he needs to get his priorities straight and start setting some goals and objective relating to people's lives and the economy. I don't think virus is that dangerous to the bulk of us at this point.

You want what can't be.  This problem will run its course based entirely on how we all behave, and no politician can change that.  NYC stepped up, and that's amazing.  The city is full of free spirits who don't take well to authority, but this time they listened.  Other places haven't been tested yet.  We'll have to see when they are.

Not sure that politicians can’t change how people behave.  If Trump had gone with the science early he could have brought a good deal of his base with him, but then changing Trump would be as hard as changing his base.