“ I am not saying we should kill stupid people … but let’s just remove all these ridiculous warning labels and let nature take it’s course” — George Carlin

Great article. Would like to get your thoughts on the above statement. Military leaders are vetted, judged, screened and chose carefully (hopefully?) by the people who themselves have been through that rigor.

On the other hand, running for President has become more of a popularity contest, combined with power of lobbyist…

tbh … this is at best “wishful thinking”. None of the three things are gonna happen in US of A.

— Paid sick leave will vaporize as soon as things become somewhat normal, because you know businesses have to stay ‘competitive’

One possible reason can be that American “have” do not have a reason to complaint, and American “have not” do not have access/ loud enough voice to complaint.

Good to know! Of course, here in US, any government involvement in anything is met with a HUGE cry of ‘socialism’; unless it benefits oneself.

Of course, that doesn’t stop them from asking for this ‘handout’ (which is what they will call it if the money went to their neighbors)

Even if take the generic argument “no nation was prepared for something like this” (though many nations DID prepare after SARS) …. the incompetence and cover-up / downplaying by US government AFTER the epidemic was started is infuriating.

Especially considering what Trump said couple of days ago “I knew this was a pandemic…

Your point is valid, though the biases mentioned in this post would dictate that only those who’ve lost someone, or know who’ve lost someone will remember that. Also, there is NIMBY effect — if it didn’t happen in US / didn’t get reported on the news channel I watch, it didn’t happen

Hi Miles, yes — but depending on their socioeconomic status, Americans will remember same politicians differently.

The $600/$1200 bill was blocked by Democrats multiple times because republican’s original bill gave money mostly to businesses. Even now, the second version bill is blocked by Republicans because Democrats want…

Are you sure you want to come back to US now? Considering the way CoronaVirus is being handled here, it may be safer for you to stay there. May be you can watch Trump’s twice a day press conference, compare that with reality from your own sources — and then decide. Best luck and stay safe!

There is a Guardian article “lost six weeks” about how this crisis was ‘managed’ by this administration. And even now, DJT is using all the deceptive techniques he can to blame everybody but his admin.

Changing the system will take its sweet time (and frankly, in US it may never happen — because both parties have vested…