Suddenly, some Repubs are sounding a lot like Bernie.

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, you are NOT a fact based person. You are a hardcore partisan who views things the way you want them to be, the same as the sycophants you are criticizing. You are all two sides of the same coin.

 

[Seawytch]

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, you are NOT a fact based person. You are a hardcore partisan who views things the way you want them to be, the same as the sycophants you are criticizing. You are all two sides of the same coin.

And you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground. One can be partisan and still be fact based.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, you are NOT a fact based person. You are a hardcore partisan who views things the way you want them to be, the same as the sycophants you are criticizing. You are all two sides of the same coin.

And you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground. One can be partisan and still be fact based.

By the very definition of partisanship, you most certainly cannot and I noticed how you didn't deny it.

 

[Rigby5]

What happened to the national debt?

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

And plunging the world into a second Great Depression would help that how?

What do you think happens when you keep printing money to pay for indebtedness and inflation starts setting in?

What do you think happens when you shut down the economy and leave everyone unemployed with no income?

I know exactly what happens, which is why I opposed it being shut down in the first place

I'm not thrilled with it myself, but I don't think allowing SARS-CoV2 to sweep through the country at will is a viable alternative.

No matter who much we slow it with social distancing, it has to eventually sweep through the entire country until so many have acquired immunity that it can no longer spread. If you do not get it this year, likely you will get an even more lethal variant next year, as viruses always tend to become more lethal over time.

 

[Seawytch]

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, you are NOT a fact based person. You are a hardcore partisan who views things the way you want them to be, the same as the sycophants you are criticizing. You are all two sides of the same coin.

And you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground. One can be partisan and still be fact based.

By the very definition of partisanship, you most certainly cannot and I noticed how you didn't deny it.

I don't deny being partisan, but again, that doesn't mean that I cannot rely on facts. Your premise is ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as pots calling the kettle black.

 

[Cecilie1200]

GOP senator's coronavirus plan: Get federal government to cover 80 percent of wages.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants the United States to follow Europe’s lead. That’s not something conservatives like him normally say, but he believes desperate times call for desperate measures.

The rising star on the right proposes that the federal government replicate what’s been working in the United Kingdom to keep layoffs limited and immediately begin covering 80 percent of worker wages at all private businesses, up to the national median wage, until the emergency caused by the novel coronavirus is over. He also advocates paying financial bonuses for businesses to rehire workers laid off over the past month.
....................................................................................................................................................
The magnitude of the impact to the economy from fighting the virus is truly unprecedented. The rationale for throwing the kitchen sink at preventing what would be a depression without government intervention is ultimately it is cheaper to prevent one than try to recover from one.
What I find telling is how quickly Repubs (who make claims to fiscal responsibility when a Dem is in the WH) propose what can fairly be described as socialist remedies under Repub admins. No amount of government debt is too much for a Repub when his party is at risk of being held accountable for a massive economic downturn.
When Shrub was prez, facing the start of a deep recession, Dems cooperated in passing TARP. When Obama took office and the Bush recession was in full swing, no Repub supported the stimulus package. Using the pretense it was too costly. How times have changed.

GOP cries "socialism save us!"

However ill-advised his suggestion is, it's still not socialism. If you're going to enthusiastically support and advocate for something, it might be a good idea to find out what it actually is first.

Kiddo, I'm using the RWNJ definition of socialism, in which all forms of government assistance except that which goes to billionaires and multi billion dollar corporations is decried as socialist.

"Kiddo", you're not using any official definition of socialism if you're not factoring in the word "temporary". Now, I realize that you're a leftist zealot and so, by definition, understanding English is beyond you, but unless and until someone suggests making this the standard operating procedure beyond this pandemic - you know, the way you leftist fucktards keep doing, because it's so damned wonderful to live in a crisis state permanently - this still ain't socialism.

Doesn't mean it's a good idea, and it's not, especially since we all know that dipshits like you, who are spending all their time gleefully attacking people for "turning to socialism" now are going to immediately leap to "We need to keep this FOREVER!" the instant the crisis has passed.

Congratulations on doing not one fucking thing during this pandemic other than being a third column inside the country. You should definitely be proud of how useless and destructive you're managing to be. Bravo!

 

[Cecilie1200]

No amount of printing ie trillions and trillions and trillions is going to solve the problem if local and state govts keep this lockdown going. The number of deaths due to the virus will pale in comparison to the death from the upcoming depression. People had better wake up.

Based on what data?

Great Depression Had Little Effect on Death Rates

Studies come and go

academics must do studies or face having to find a real job

if it suites their agenda libs can whip up a new study contradicting their old study in no time at all

So find one that says the Great Depression killed "hundreds of thousands". We'll wait.

If libs needed such a conclusion it would appear overnight

That's not the lamest dodge ever, but it's a condtenda...

No, its just an observation of how libs operate

Way to double down on your lame dodge. Going for having the lamest dodge ever? You should just ignore the question like LordBrownTrout did.

Face it, you can't come up with data that will support their claim since "hundreds of thousands" did not die as a result of the Great Depression. Same thing with the Great Recession. "Hundreds of thousands" did not die because of economic downturn. Know what else? The economy recovered. People who die as a result of this virus don't recover.

Libs are full of studies

they have them running out of every orifice, particularly their asshole

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, that's because you like to infiltrate and take over institutions and then flood them with your propaganda-spewers so that you can say, "There's a study! Look, one of our drones has said so in print!"

 

[Cecilie1200]

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, you are NOT a fact based person. You are a hardcore partisan who views things the way you want them to be, the same as the sycophants you are criticizing. You are all two sides of the same coin.

And you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground. One can be partisan and still be fact based.

By the very definition of partisanship, you most certainly cannot and I noticed how you didn't deny it.

I don't deny being partisan, but again, that doesn't mean that I cannot rely on facts. Your premise is ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as pots calling the kettle black.

You define "facts" as "this is what we want to believe, so we'll just send a fellow cultist out to manufacture a study declaring it true." Somewhat less than impressive.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

No amount of printing ie trillions and trillions and trillions is going to solve the problem if local and state govts keep this lockdown going. The number of deaths due to the virus will pale in comparison to the death from the upcoming depression. People had better wake up.

Based on what data?

Great Depression Had Little Effect on Death Rates

Seriously? There will be no US currency if this lockdown continues. Entire supply lines are being bankrupt, dairy farms, farmers, food rotting on the ground. Do you not understand what is happening? Yes, and hundreds of thousands will be dying.

Based on what data? I just provided you information on the Great Depression. Hundreds of thousands DIDN'T die so where are you getting your apocolyptic predictions from?

Thousands ARE dying right now and it would be much, much worse if a majority of the country was not sheltered at home.

Yeah, they did, My grandparents lived through and saw a lot of death from the depression. Fortunately, most lived on farms back then and were self sufficient, unlike today.

Anicdotal evidence isn't data. Try providing some to support your contention that "hundreds of thousands" will die.

I'll take anecdotal over biased/agenda driven reporting anytime.

 

[Crepitus]

GOP senator's coronavirus plan: Get federal government to cover 80 percent of wages.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants the United States to follow Europe’s lead. That’s not something conservatives like him normally say, but he believes desperate times call for desperate measures.

The rising star on the right proposes that the federal government replicate what’s been working in the United Kingdom to keep layoffs limited and immediately begin covering 80 percent of worker wages at all private businesses, up to the national median wage, until the emergency caused by the novel coronavirus is over. He also advocates paying financial bonuses for businesses to rehire workers laid off over the past month.
....................................................................................................................................................
The magnitude of the impact to the economy from fighting the virus is truly unprecedented. The rationale for throwing the kitchen sink at preventing what would be a depression without government intervention is ultimately it is cheaper to prevent one than try to recover from one.
What I find telling is how quickly Repubs (who make claims to fiscal responsibility when a Dem is in the WH) propose what can fairly be described as socialist remedies under Repub admins. No amount of government debt is too much for a Repub when his party is at risk of being held accountable for a massive economic downturn.
When Shrub was prez, facing the start of a deep recession, Dems cooperated in passing TARP. When Obama took office and the Bush recession was in full swing, no Repub supported the stimulus package. Using the pretense it was too costly. How times have changed.

GOP cries "socialism save us!"

However ill-advised his suggestion is, it's still not socialism. If you're going to enthusiastically support and advocate for something, it might be a good idea to find out what it actually is first.

Kiddo, I'm using the RWNJ definition of socialism, in which all forms of government assistance except that which goes to billionaires and multi billion dollar corporations is decried as socialist.

"Kiddo", you're not using any official definition of socialism if you're not factoring in the word "temporary". Now, I realize that you're a leftist zealot and so, by definition, understanding English is beyond you, but unless and until someone suggests making this the standard operating procedure beyond this pandemic - you know, the way you leftist fucktards keep doing, because it's so damned wonderful to live in a crisis state permanently - this still ain't socialism.

Doesn't mean it's a good idea, and it's not, especially since we all know that dipshits like you, who are spending all their time gleefully attacking people for "turning to socialism" now are going to immediately leap to "We need to keep this FOREVER!" the instant the crisis has passed.

Congratulations on doing not one fucking thing during this pandemic other than being a third column inside the country. You should definitely be proud of how useless and destructive you're managing to be. Bravo!

Lol, somebody's triggered!

 

[Seawytch]

No amount of printing ie trillions and trillions and trillions is going to solve the problem if local and state govts keep this lockdown going. The number of deaths due to the virus will pale in comparison to the death from the upcoming depression. People had better wake up.

Based on what data?

Great Depression Had Little Effect on Death Rates

Studies come and go

academics must do studies or face having to find a real job

if it suites their agenda libs can whip up a new study contradicting their old study in no time at all

So find one that says the Great Depression killed "hundreds of thousands". We'll wait.

If libs needed such a conclusion it would appear overnight

That's not the lamest dodge ever, but it's a condtenda...

No, its just an observation of how libs operate

Way to double down on your lame dodge. Going for having the lamest dodge ever? You should just ignore the question like LordBrownTrout did.

Face it, you can't come up with data that will support their claim since "hundreds of thousands" did not die as a result of the Great Depression. Same thing with the Great Recession. "Hundreds of thousands" did not die because of economic downturn. Know what else? The economy recovered. People who die as a result of this virus don't recover.

Libs are full of studies

they have them running out of every orifice, particularly their asshole

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, that's because you like to infiltrate and take over institutions and then flood them with your propaganda-spewers so that you can say, "There's a study! Look, one of our drones has said so in print!"

Wow, really? I "infiltrated an institution" AND "flooded it with propaganda" too?!?

There's actually a number of studies with hard data to support them showing that mortality did not increase during the great depression. Got ANYTHING to the contrary?

 

[Seawytch]

No amount of printing ie trillions and trillions and trillions is going to solve the problem if local and state govts keep this lockdown going. The number of deaths due to the virus will pale in comparison to the death from the upcoming depression. People had better wake up.

Based on what data?

Great Depression Had Little Effect on Death Rates

Seriously? There will be no US currency if this lockdown continues. Entire supply lines are being bankrupt, dairy farms, farmers, food rotting on the ground. Do you not understand what is happening? Yes, and hundreds of thousands will be dying.

Based on what data? I just provided you information on the Great Depression. Hundreds of thousands DIDN'T die so where are you getting your apocolyptic predictions from?

Thousands ARE dying right now and it would be much, much worse if a majority of the country was not sheltered at home.

Yeah, they did, My grandparents lived through and saw a lot of death from the depression. Fortunately, most lived on farms back then and were self sufficient, unlike today.

Anicdotal evidence isn't data. Try providing some to support your contention that "hundreds of thousands" will die.

I'll take anecdotal over biased/agenda driven reporting anytime.

The Smithsonian is "biased/agenda driven "reporting" ?

Face a simple fact. This virus has already killed more people than an economic downturn would. If we drop social distancing and stay at home orders too soon, many more will die. Relax, the economy will recover, dead people don't.

 

[Dana7360]

I guess you can't tell the difference between promising free stuff for those who don't need it

I am disappointed, but not surprised, to see you fall back on mindless talking points based on a flawed analysis of some of Sander's proposals.
Nor did I expect you'd actually address the hypocrisy of Repub's new found love for deficit spending.........when a Repub sits in the Oval Office.

It's interesting how republicans hate so called "free stuff" for those who actually need it but when it comes to giving free stuff to already filthy rich corporations the republicans fall all over themselves to promise and give it to them.

How many tax cuts did the bush boy give the already filthy rich? trump gave them one and gave them more money with his repealing regulations. The bush boy also gave them cuts in overtime pay and regulations. The list of free stuff the republicans give to the already filthy rich is way too long to list.

Yet that republican hates giving "free stuff" to those who don't need it?

LOL. What a joke.

 

[Cecilie1200]

GOP senator's coronavirus plan: Get federal government to cover 80 percent of wages.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants the United States to follow Europe’s lead. That’s not something conservatives like him normally say, but he believes desperate times call for desperate measures.

The rising star on the right proposes that the federal government replicate what’s been working in the United Kingdom to keep layoffs limited and immediately begin covering 80 percent of worker wages at all private businesses, up to the national median wage, until the emergency caused by the novel coronavirus is over. He also advocates paying financial bonuses for businesses to rehire workers laid off over the past month.
....................................................................................................................................................
The magnitude of the impact to the economy from fighting the virus is truly unprecedented. The rationale for throwing the kitchen sink at preventing what would be a depression without government intervention is ultimately it is cheaper to prevent one than try to recover from one.
What I find telling is how quickly Repubs (who make claims to fiscal responsibility when a Dem is in the WH) propose what can fairly be described as socialist remedies under Repub admins. No amount of government debt is too much for a Repub when his party is at risk of being held accountable for a massive economic downturn.
When Shrub was prez, facing the start of a deep recession, Dems cooperated in passing TARP. When Obama took office and the Bush recession was in full swing, no Repub supported the stimulus package. Using the pretense it was too costly. How times have changed.

GOP cries "socialism save us!"

However ill-advised his suggestion is, it's still not socialism. If you're going to enthusiastically support and advocate for something, it might be a good idea to find out what it actually is first.

Kiddo, I'm using the RWNJ definition of socialism, in which all forms of government assistance except that which goes to billionaires and multi billion dollar corporations is decried as socialist.

"Kiddo", you're not using any official definition of socialism if you're not factoring in the word "temporary". Now, I realize that you're a leftist zealot and so, by definition, understanding English is beyond you, but unless and until someone suggests making this the standard operating procedure beyond this pandemic - you know, the way you leftist fucktards keep doing, because it's so damned wonderful to live in a crisis state permanently - this still ain't socialism.

Doesn't mean it's a good idea, and it's not, especially since we all know that dipshits like you, who are spending all their time gleefully attacking people for "turning to socialism" now are going to immediately leap to "We need to keep this FOREVER!" the instant the crisis has passed.

Congratulations on doing not one fucking thing during this pandemic other than being a third column inside the country. You should definitely be proud of how useless and destructive you're managing to be. Bravo!

Lol, somebody's triggered!

Stupidity and lies tend to have that effect on me.

 

[Crepitus]

GOP senator's coronavirus plan: Get federal government to cover 80 percent of wages.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants the United States to follow Europe’s lead. That’s not something conservatives like him normally say, but he believes desperate times call for desperate measures.

The rising star on the right proposes that the federal government replicate what’s been working in the United Kingdom to keep layoffs limited and immediately begin covering 80 percent of worker wages at all private businesses, up to the national median wage, until the emergency caused by the novel coronavirus is over. He also advocates paying financial bonuses for businesses to rehire workers laid off over the past month.
....................................................................................................................................................
The magnitude of the impact to the economy from fighting the virus is truly unprecedented. The rationale for throwing the kitchen sink at preventing what would be a depression without government intervention is ultimately it is cheaper to prevent one than try to recover from one.
What I find telling is how quickly Repubs (who make claims to fiscal responsibility when a Dem is in the WH) propose what can fairly be described as socialist remedies under Repub admins. No amount of government debt is too much for a Repub when his party is at risk of being held accountable for a massive economic downturn.
When Shrub was prez, facing the start of a deep recession, Dems cooperated in passing TARP. When Obama took office and the Bush recession was in full swing, no Repub supported the stimulus package. Using the pretense it was too costly. How times have changed.

GOP cries "socialism save us!"

However ill-advised his suggestion is, it's still not socialism. If you're going to enthusiastically support and advocate for something, it might be a good idea to find out what it actually is first.

Kiddo, I'm using the RWNJ definition of socialism, in which all forms of government assistance except that which goes to billionaires and multi billion dollar corporations is decried as socialist.

"Kiddo", you're not using any official definition of socialism if you're not factoring in the word "temporary". Now, I realize that you're a leftist zealot and so, by definition, understanding English is beyond you, but unless and until someone suggests making this the standard operating procedure beyond this pandemic - you know, the way you leftist fucktards keep doing, because it's so damned wonderful to live in a crisis state permanently - this still ain't socialism.

Doesn't mean it's a good idea, and it's not, especially since we all know that dipshits like you, who are spending all their time gleefully attacking people for "turning to socialism" now are going to immediately leap to "We need to keep this FOREVER!" the instant the crisis has passed.

Congratulations on doing not one fucking thing during this pandemic other than being a third column inside the country. You should definitely be proud of how useless and destructive you're managing to be. Bravo!

Lol, somebody's triggered!

Stupidity and lies tend to have that effect on me.

Wow, stay away from tRump rallies then.

 

[Cecilie1200]

No amount of printing ie trillions and trillions and trillions is going to solve the problem if local and state govts keep this lockdown going. The number of deaths due to the virus will pale in comparison to the death from the upcoming depression. People had better wake up.

Based on what data?

Great Depression Had Little Effect on Death Rates

Studies come and go

academics must do studies or face having to find a real job

if it suites their agenda libs can whip up a new study contradicting their old study in no time at all

So find one that says the Great Depression killed "hundreds of thousands". We'll wait.

If libs needed such a conclusion it would appear overnight

That's not the lamest dodge ever, but it's a condtenda...

No, its just an observation of how libs operate

Way to double down on your lame dodge. Going for having the lamest dodge ever? You should just ignore the question like LordBrownTrout did.

Face it, you can't come up with data that will support their claim since "hundreds of thousands" did not die as a result of the Great Depression. Same thing with the Great Recession. "Hundreds of thousands" did not die because of economic downturn. Know what else? The economy recovered. People who die as a result of this virus don't recover.

Libs are full of studies

they have them running out of every orifice, particularly their asshole

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, that's because you like to infiltrate and take over institutions and then flood them with your propaganda-spewers so that you can say, "There's a study! Look, one of our drones has said so in print!"

Wow, really? I "infiltrated an institution" AND "flooded it with propaganda" too?!?

There's actually a number of studies with hard data to support them showing that mortality did not increase during the great depression. Got ANYTHING to the contrary?

Wow, really, you can be the giant, meaningless piece of shit you always are and yet somehow tell yourself that everything is about you personally?

You = leftists, fucktard.

 

[berg80]

No, you are NOT a fact based person. You are a hardcore partisan who views things the way you want them to be, the same as the sycophants you are criticizing. You are all two sides of the same coin.

The kind way of characterizing that comment is it's a false equivalence. A more accurate way would be to call it what it is, a lie.

 

[Cecilie1200]

GOP senator's coronavirus plan: Get federal government to cover 80 percent of wages.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants the United States to follow Europe’s lead. That’s not something conservatives like him normally say, but he believes desperate times call for desperate measures.

The rising star on the right proposes that the federal government replicate what’s been working in the United Kingdom to keep layoffs limited and immediately begin covering 80 percent of worker wages at all private businesses, up to the national median wage, until the emergency caused by the novel coronavirus is over. He also advocates paying financial bonuses for businesses to rehire workers laid off over the past month.
....................................................................................................................................................
The magnitude of the impact to the economy from fighting the virus is truly unprecedented. The rationale for throwing the kitchen sink at preventing what would be a depression without government intervention is ultimately it is cheaper to prevent one than try to recover from one.
What I find telling is how quickly Repubs (who make claims to fiscal responsibility when a Dem is in the WH) propose what can fairly be described as socialist remedies under Repub admins. No amount of government debt is too much for a Repub when his party is at risk of being held accountable for a massive economic downturn.
When Shrub was prez, facing the start of a deep recession, Dems cooperated in passing TARP. When Obama took office and the Bush recession was in full swing, no Repub supported the stimulus package. Using the pretense it was too costly. How times have changed.

GOP cries "socialism save us!"

However ill-advised his suggestion is, it's still not socialism. If you're going to enthusiastically support and advocate for something, it might be a good idea to find out what it actually is first.

Kiddo, I'm using the RWNJ definition of socialism, in which all forms of government assistance except that which goes to billionaires and multi billion dollar corporations is decried as socialist.

"Kiddo", you're not using any official definition of socialism if you're not factoring in the word "temporary". Now, I realize that you're a leftist zealot and so, by definition, understanding English is beyond you, but unless and until someone suggests making this the standard operating procedure beyond this pandemic - you know, the way you leftist fucktards keep doing, because it's so damned wonderful to live in a crisis state permanently - this still ain't socialism.

Doesn't mean it's a good idea, and it's not, especially since we all know that dipshits like you, who are spending all their time gleefully attacking people for "turning to socialism" now are going to immediately leap to "We need to keep this FOREVER!" the instant the crisis has passed.

Congratulations on doing not one fucking thing during this pandemic other than being a third column inside the country. You should definitely be proud of how useless and destructive you're managing to be. Bravo!

Lol, somebody's triggered!

Stupidity and lies tend to have that effect on me.

Wow, stay away from tRump rallies then.

When I need advice from evil-spewing useful idiots about anything, I'll be sure to let you know.

Until then, just keep in mind that as "stupid" as you think Trump supporters are, you are and always have been so very, very much worse.

 

[Seawytch]

No amount of printing ie trillions and trillions and trillions is going to solve the problem if local and state govts keep this lockdown going. The number of deaths due to the virus will pale in comparison to the death from the upcoming depression. People had better wake up.

Based on what data?

Great Depression Had Little Effect on Death Rates

Studies come and go

academics must do studies or face having to find a real job

if it suites their agenda libs can whip up a new study contradicting their old study in no time at all

So find one that says the Great Depression killed "hundreds of thousands". We'll wait.

If libs needed such a conclusion it would appear overnight

That's not the lamest dodge ever, but it's a condtenda...

No, its just an observation of how libs operate

Way to double down on your lame dodge. Going for having the lamest dodge ever? You should just ignore the question like LordBrownTrout did.

Face it, you can't come up with data that will support their claim since "hundreds of thousands" did not die as a result of the Great Depression. Same thing with the Great Recession. "Hundreds of thousands" did not die because of economic downturn. Know what else? The economy recovered. People who die as a result of this virus don't recover.

Libs are full of studies

they have them running out of every orifice, particularly their asshole

Yes, we do...but that's because we like things to be fact based. You, as a Trump sychophant, obviously, do not.

No, that's because you like to infiltrate and take over institutions and then flood them with your propaganda-spewers so that you can say, "There's a study! Look, one of our drones has said so in print!"

Wow, really? I "infiltrated an institution" AND "flooded it with propaganda" too?!?

There's actually a number of studies with hard data to support them showing that mortality did not increase during the great depression. Got ANYTHING to the contrary?

Wow, really, you can be the giant, meaningless piece of shit you always are and yet somehow tell yourself that everything is about you personally?

You = leftists, fucktard.

Wow, you really are just a bitter, angry individual with nothing but ad hominems and non sequiturs and always will be.

I'm going to assume that your little tantrum indicates that, no, you cannot provide evidence that an economic downturn will kill more people than this virus has already. Thanks!

 

[gipper]

GOP senator's coronavirus plan: Get federal government to cover 80 percent of wages.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants the United States to follow Europe’s lead. That’s not something conservatives like him normally say, but he believes desperate times call for desperate measures.

The rising star on the right proposes that the federal government replicate what’s been working in the United Kingdom to keep layoffs limited and immediately begin covering 80 percent of worker wages at all private businesses, up to the national median wage, until the emergency caused by the novel coronavirus is over. He also advocates paying financial bonuses for businesses to rehire workers laid off over the past month.
....................................................................................................................................................
The magnitude of the impact to the economy from fighting the virus is truly unprecedented. The rationale for throwing the kitchen sink at preventing what would be a depression without government intervention is ultimately it is cheaper to prevent one than try to recover from one.
What I find telling is how quickly Repubs (who make claims to fiscal responsibility when a Dem is in the WH) propose what can fairly be described as socialist remedies under Repub admins. No amount of government debt is too much for a Repub when his party is at risk of being held accountable for a massive economic downturn.
When Shrub was prez, facing the start of a deep recession, Dems cooperated in passing TARP. When Obama took office and the Bush recession was in full swing, no Repub supported the stimulus package. Using the pretense it was too costly. How times have changed.

That should tell you something important, but it won’t.