DGS49
Diamond Member
This has become a common phrase in recent years, when applied to government over-spending and a number of other phenomena.
I haven't heard anyone use that phrase to describe the "stay-at-home" order.
But it is not sustainable. You can't just have the whole country stop what it's doing for an indefinite period. It cannot happen. It cannot continue for much longer. Every day, it seems like the restrictions get more and more onerous. In my own municipality (zero cases thus far) the Police are going around to houses where there are contractor trucks parked outside and demanding that the contractors "Go home!" Then they wait while the contractor gathers up his shit and leaves. A golf driving range had been operating with ZERO human-to-human contact, everything by machine - forced to close. Next will be the parks, where people are walking, running, and riding their bikes. Shortly, the only acceptable reason to go outside will be to let your dog take a shit.
Not sustainable. Millions upon millions losing their jobs. Millions of small businesses - and some substantial businesses - forced too close. Millions of landlords told to forego rents from distressed tenants. Will their banks say, "Don't worry about them mortgage payments!"? Perhaps not.
This is not sustainable. Some public figure will have to have the balls to open it up, even knowing that CV cases will spike. But THIS is not sustainable.
And the pity of it is, this is all for NOTHING. Because the spike will occur, whether it occurs tomorrow or six months from now. It WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. The reason why we go through this is that NO POLITICIAN wants to be the first, and be blamed for the deaths that will inevitably occur.
I personally am inconvenienced by this, but it's not costing me anything. I'm retired. Money-wise, I'm actually saving a ton. No golf, no bowling, no restaurant meals, no motel bills (we often take overnight fun trips). I will save thousands on the cruises we would have taken later this year (although I'm planning a car trip that will not exactly be free). I just pity the people who have lost their livelihood.
This is not sustainable. Someone WILL put a stop to it. The only questions are who and when. And the number of cases will SPIKE, but we will be so fed up that the public will accept it. Why not now?
I haven't heard anyone use that phrase to describe the "stay-at-home" order.
But it is not sustainable. You can't just have the whole country stop what it's doing for an indefinite period. It cannot happen. It cannot continue for much longer. Every day, it seems like the restrictions get more and more onerous. In my own municipality (zero cases thus far) the Police are going around to houses where there are contractor trucks parked outside and demanding that the contractors "Go home!" Then they wait while the contractor gathers up his shit and leaves. A golf driving range had been operating with ZERO human-to-human contact, everything by machine - forced to close. Next will be the parks, where people are walking, running, and riding their bikes. Shortly, the only acceptable reason to go outside will be to let your dog take a shit.
Not sustainable. Millions upon millions losing their jobs. Millions of small businesses - and some substantial businesses - forced too close. Millions of landlords told to forego rents from distressed tenants. Will their banks say, "Don't worry about them mortgage payments!"? Perhaps not.
This is not sustainable. Some public figure will have to have the balls to open it up, even knowing that CV cases will spike. But THIS is not sustainable.
And the pity of it is, this is all for NOTHING. Because the spike will occur, whether it occurs tomorrow or six months from now. It WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. The reason why we go through this is that NO POLITICIAN wants to be the first, and be blamed for the deaths that will inevitably occur.
I personally am inconvenienced by this, but it's not costing me anything. I'm retired. Money-wise, I'm actually saving a ton. No golf, no bowling, no restaurant meals, no motel bills (we often take overnight fun trips). I will save thousands on the cruises we would have taken later this year (although I'm planning a car trip that will not exactly be free). I just pity the people who have lost their livelihood.
This is not sustainable. Someone WILL put a stop to it. The only questions are who and when. And the number of cases will SPIKE, but we will be so fed up that the public will accept it. Why not now?