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Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by GatorNorth, Feb 25, 2020.

  1. buckeyegator

    buckeyegator Premium Member

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    so where does pelosi think we are going to get 3 trillion dollars for a new stimulus? printing presses going into overdrive, taxes going to increase to pay for all the pet democratic projects.
     
  2. NavyGator93

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    Where did we get the trillions for the first bailouts and the socialist farm subsidies program?
     
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  3. BLING

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    More tax cuts will pay for it all.

    Or she can call the President of Mexico.

    Both options Trump believes in.
     
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  4. buckeyegator

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    i hope pelosi and everyone else who votes for this bill will donate all their salaries to help fund it, plus make a generous personal donation, and, show me where the money tree is so i can grab some for myself.
     
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  5. buckeyegator

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    what i find funny is that so many of the liberals are so keen on being green, saving the planet for future generations, yet they do not mind at all saddling them with trillions of dollars in debt, guess they will not be around to worry about it.
     
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  7. buckeyegator

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    another example of idiotic alachua county commisioners. one who voted for the mask usage forgot his, tried to go into a store, was told he could not, and got upset, what, he thought he was above the rule, moron.
     
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  8. GatorRade

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    Fair point. Not that conservatives have been any better about the debt though.
     
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  9. BigCypressGator1981

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    What I find funny is that all of a sudden NOW you are taking a principled stand against stimulus handouts. Where ya been man?
     
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  10. homer

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    Sounds like a stunt Mike Byerly would pull.
     
  11. chemgator

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    Thirty shots fired in Fort Worth party in the park, ostensibly to encourage social distancing. Investigation on-going to see if it was the local police doing the shooting. The local social distancing ordinance has a six-shot limit. In the shooter's defense, someone did set off fireworks during the party.

    Bystanders Run for Cover as Shots Fired During Large Party at Fort Worth Park

     
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  12. BLING

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    Trump has told us our govt is making money hand over fist from the China tariffs. Our government was flush with cash thanks to Trumps incredible leadership and booming economy. No worries at all about the extra trillions. He inherited a mess from Obama and turned it all around just like he promised he would.
     
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  13. NavyGator93

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    I think it’s funny that you found a fiscal conservative streak now.
    I don’t agree with Pelosi but I think that 3 trillion is maybe a half year of the president’s current golfing budget.
     
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  14. buckeyegator

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    no, byerly voted against the mask rule, it was charles chestnut, relative of jailbird cynthia.
     
  15. gators81

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    Sure you could. You could meet the guidelines by cases actually dropping. More tests doesn’t automatically equal more positive cases. You’d only get more if the positive cases were already there. The point of the guidelines were to facilitate a safe reopening of the country. if those cases are present, changing the guidelines doesn’t make it safer.
     
  16. homer

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    Funeral home Dude.

    I take back what I said about Mikey. :)
     
  17. duchen

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    There was a respirator shortage in 1918, too.
     
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  18. duchen

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    Who would have thunk it?
     
  19. duchen

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    I remember when conservatives believed this way and I was with them. Sigh.
     
  20. spike718

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    As I’ve mentioned in some prior posts- I hate all politicians. Despise both parties.

    since the main media I see keeps telling me how bad the governor here in Florida is doing and how awesome Cuomo is doing in Ny, I found this article kind of surprising.

    Virus Deaths in Democratic versus Republican States - Law & Liberty

    the most recent mainstream articles I see state how the UW model is predicting mainly republican states to have a large increase in deaths due to reopening some stuff, it will be interesting to see what happens.

    the article is from data from a few weeks ago but the with data updated through today, based on deaths per capita (per 100,000 people), 9 of the top 10 death rates are currently in states run by a democratic governor. Probably luck of the draw but you certainly don’t hear that on the news. Only that Ron Desantis is bad.