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Laid-off employees should be happy looking at how their 2020-12-16 39 2 2 recovery
The great Republican dealmaker can't make a deal with the 2020-10-18 15 - 1 2 recovery
The stock market is finally having a bad day - why might 2020-09-03 18 - 1 1 recovery
No recovery until election or for months or years after 2020-08-28 5 - recovery
Recovery before the election? 2020-08-26 7 - recovery
Recovery before the election! 2020-08-25 4 - recovery
The return big donors get for investing in political 2020-08-25 29 6 1 1 1 recovery
Jobs gone for good 2020-08-25 39 6 1 3 recovery
If you let business override health... 2020-08-24 8 - 1 1 recovery
Pictures from life's other side 2020-08-23 20 - 1 1 recovery
Believe your eyes, not your ears 2020-08-23 9 - recovery
S&P 500 set new highs! 2020-08-19 6 - recovery
We already have "income inequality" and 2020-08-13 18 - 1 recovery
Are you old enough to remember stagflation? 2020-08-13 11 - recovery
Unappreciated 2020-08-12 65 13 2 1 8 recovery
Think of it as Reality-TV - then it all makes sense. 2020-08-12 10 1 1 recovery
The guy you send to blow up deals, not to make them 2020-08-10 24 2 1 4 recovery
Section 7. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate 2020-08-10 37 10 1 2 6 recovery
Pelosi knows how to play hardball 2020-08-08 34 7 3 recovery
Why would you make the recession as bad as possible? 2020-08-07 8 - recovery
Structural change is always slow and painful 2020-08-06 9 - recovery
Why the Democrats have a stronger hand in recovery. 2020-08-05 27 2 1 3 recovery
Make the most of one-party rule! 2020-08-04 47 3 2 11 recovery
How FDR won the New Deal 2020-08-03 8 - recovery
Not a positive sign for consumer confidence 2020-08-03 6 - recovery
National emergency powers are for when Congress doesn't 2020-08-03 10 - recovery
No V shaped recovery before election 2020-07-30 3 - recovery
Small Silicon Valley firms not immune 2020-07-28 7 - recovery
Senators fiddle while bank accounts burn out 2020-07-25 50 9 2 1 5 recovery
Riding off in three directions at once 2020-07-23 7 1 recovery
CEO's expect no quick recovery 2020-07-22 5 - recovery
The Republican senators in safe seats, or who aren't up 2020-07-21 24 3 4 2 recovery
Not the way Trump would do it! 2020-07-20 29 2 1 1 recovery
The virus can be subdued with a disciplined focused 2020-07-19 12 - recovery
Don't be "the third monkey headed into Noah’s 2020-07-19 36 11 1 2 7 recovery
"cut taxes for people who have jobs while cutting 2020-07-19 65 11 4 11 1 recovery
It would certainly be easier not to check! 2020-07-17 72 21 7 5 12 1 recovery
Free money 2020-07-15 22 - recovery
A job nobody wants! 2020-07-14 24 2 3 recovery
Tax cuts are the answer! 2020-07-08 8 - 1 1 recovery
Charity begins at home 2020-07-07 81 17 2 6 8 recovery
Another round of stimulus checks? 2020-06-24 16 - recovery
If the Trump administration can't decide who's in charge 2020-06-18 22 - recovery
Two ways that Republicans can lose EVEN WORSE in November 2020-06-09 15 - 1 recovery
Mixed economic signals around the world 2020-06-07 42 1 2 3 recovery
Why there won't be an instant recovery 2020-06-03 20 2 1 recovery
Unclear on the concept! 2020-05-29 64 7 1 1 10 recovery
Post-pandemic prophecies. 2020-05-28 10 - 2 recovery
Social distancing in crowded casinos? 2020-05-26 7 - 1 recovery
The Republican approach to restoring confidence - trickle 2020-05-26 41 6 4 8 recovery
Where the hospital money goes 2020-05-25 30 2 1 recovery
The virus is tough on victims with pre-conditions! 2020-05-22 68 6 5 11 recovery
It's all just a matter of finding the RIGHT doctors! 2020-05-21 70 11 4 10 1 recovery
Whose quick recovery? 2020-05-20 42 4 1 1 recovery
No more Federal unemployment benefits! 2020-05-19 83 19 2 2 20 recovery
Thinking about what happens after this pandemic 2020-05-18 27 2 1 1 6 1 recovery
What happens to unwanted hogs is bad. 2020-05-18 58 12 2 4 6 recovery
A good time to remember Herbert Hoover. 2020-05-17 41 3 1 9 recovery
Making sure that bailout funds go to the Republicans that 2020-05-15 62 33 5 8 8 recovery
The jobs will all be back! 2020-05-08 24 - 1 1 7 recovery
The most important victim of the coronavirus - consumer 2020-05-07 31 4 1 1 5 recovery
Cruising toward a bailout. 2020-05-07 110 5 1 2 12 recovery
Under virus pressure, American federalism evolves. 2020-05-06 69 12 1 1 16 recovery
How do you get virus relief? 2020-04-30 31 2 recovery
The Republicans have wanted to neuter public employee 2020-04-29 36 5 2 3 recovery
Vegetarianism is looking better. So is unionization. 2020-04-29 33 4 1 3 5 recovery
Who gets secret contracts from the Trump administration? 2020-04-29 41 5 10 recovery
How the sausage gets made. 2020-04-28 19 - 1 recovery
Restoring consumer confidence 2020-04-28 15 1 recovery
Let the states go bankrupt! 2020-04-24 43 5 1 1 1 recovery
No postal service means no mail-in ballots means no 2020-04-24 31 4 1 2 4 recovery
In Lost Wages, gambling is a way of life. 2020-04-23 55 6 2 2 4 recovery
Full employment for some trades! 2020-04-22 15 - 1 recovery
A W shaped recovery? 2020-04-22 15 - 2 recovery
Of course most of the relief money goes to the bigger 2020-04-21 28 1 1 3 recovery
A problem too big for Trump to solve - 2020-04-21 18 1 1 recovery
Is anybody surprised? 2020-04-21 25 1 1 2 recovery
It's all about who you know who is willing to return 2020-04-21 63 15 2 6 8 recovery
The virus is good for some businesses! 2020-04-19 12 - recovery
Realistic scenarios for the next few years. 2020-04-18 15 - 2 recovery
What's worse - bailing out big corporations or watching 2020-04-18 18 - 1 recovery
It's more than losing an election or losing control of 2020-04-18 29 3 1 5 recovery
Liberation from this earthly vale of tears 2020-04-17 95 19 4 5 12 recovery
Who needs government? 2020-04-17 30 1 1 recovery
Not quite as promised. 2020-04-16 82 10 5 5 34 recovery
Trump's plan for the economy to emerge stronger than 2020-04-16 33 4 3 3 recovery
Nobody will mind if the checks are late if they have 2020-04-14 58 9 4 1 14 recovery
Why publish aid recipients? 2020-04-13 40 4 1 3 recovery

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Laid-off employees should be happy looking at how their
401k's are doing - if they had any 401k's.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/50-biggest-companies-coronavirus-layoffs/

The executives did well, and the shareholders did well, and
as they say on Wall Street, two out of three ain't bad.

Of course Senate Republicans were glad to help any way they
could, and they were suitably rewarded at campaign
contribution time, so it's really three out of four.

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The great Republican dealmaker can't make a deal with the
Republican Senate.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-democrats-coronvirus-economy/2020/10/17/5533bcbe-102c-11eb-8a35-237ef1eb2ef7_story.html

Trump is only interested in getting a check with his name
on it to all the voters before the election, whether they
need it or not.

43 Republican senators that are not in peril in this
election are only interested in enacting liability
protection for employers who make their employees
sick.        Apart from that, the worse the economy is in
2021, the better for them in 2022.

Imperiled senators and representatives have a bipartisan
interest in passing something, anything, that can make them
look worth re-electing.

McConnell is only interested in bringing up something that
his majority caucus can agree on.

If there actually is such a bill in the Senate, perhaps the
House should pass the same bill but without the payments to
every voter and the liability protection.          And then
see how it dies in conference, lacking the things that
Republicans really wanted.           But everybody can
pretend that they tried.

 https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-offenses.html#trump-party

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The stock market is finally having a bad day - why might
that be?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/business/stock-market-shares-covid.html

Since the stock market rise was mostly driven by technology
stocks, are investors getting nervous about antitrust
spoiling the party?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/politics/google-antitrust-justice-department.html

Or is it just because the Fed is having trouble making
happy talk?

 https://apnews.com/abc046be35b12996fe00147013075e7b

Why would that be - just because the eviction moratorium
will just lead to an even bigger headache when it expires?

 https://apnews.com/c3dc36aecd29daba2ba2f9d51fb3ba33

Or because United joins American with layoff notices?

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-02/united-air-to-cut-more-than-16-000-jobs-on-weak-travel-demand

And so the airline industry doesn't expect to recover until
four years?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2020/09/03/it-could-be-least-2024-before-us-airline-industry-recovers-pandemic/

But Trump needs recovery within four weeks, so why can't
everybody just get on board with that?      Why can't they
share the optimistic vision he offers?

After all most people who get the virus don't die, at least
not right away -

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/09/03/big-ten-coronavirus-myocarditis/

And some people just don't want that risk, no matter how
important it is to Trump!

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/02/deeply-painful-san-francisco-mission-district-study-shows-coronavirus-despair-in-latinx-community/

But after the election, the Republicans would like to cut
off all economic support so everybody has to go back to
work and back to school, come what may.  So what if a
couple million people die?         Everybody dies sooner or
later, and that's not as bad as having Democrats in control
of Congress - that might seriously inconvenience the 1%,
who could, in any event, afford to temporarily reloate to
avoid participating in a national herd immunity
experiment.

 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-02/coronavirus-herd-immunity-trump

Maybe ending economic support is already driving people
back to work -

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/04/economy-adds-14-million-jobs-august-unemployment-rate-fell-below-10-percent-first-time-since-pandemic-took-hold/

The stock market will like that.

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No recovery until election or for months or years after

 https://apnews.com/b4ef99145a36ef0ad562e0ae97de32d3

More unemployment claims

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/27/coronavirus-california-unemployment-claims-job-economy-edd-layoff-tech/

Fed changing stance on inflation - doubting prompt
recovery -

 https://apnews.com/507c21034e441490006e877b080d9584

So what can you do?       Companies are making it easier
to vote on election day - but you probably want to do it
by mail, if possible, or in advance, if possible.

 https://apnews.com/cbb2ff495dcf09875ce87b3a53dcda52

No matter when you vote, you will still be seeing plenty
of signs of virus and recession.

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Recovery before the election?

Maybe before 2024 election - if we're lucky.

The travel industry probably has a permanent downsizing
to reflect the business that is now done by zoom rather
than in person.      Zooming will still be cheaper than
flying even if there is a vaccine.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/business/american-airline-furlough-19000.html

Likewise home workers are less expensive than office
workers, so the infrastructure supporting office workers
might wither some too.

Smaller permanent layoffs seem to be spreading -

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/26/coronavirus-layoff-shutdown-bay-area-layoff-job-economy-tech-hotel/

Banks are less profitable and the loan defaults haven't
really started yet.

 https://apnews.com/1db5c2a000761fd233c842d644849528

Is it any wonder that consumer confidence is dropping?

 https://apnews.com/21955079ff195c57973c3b9e752e10f9

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Recovery before the election!

The 2024 election that is - maybe.

The travel industry probably has a permanent downsizing
to reflect the business that is now done by zoom rather
than in person.      That will still be cheaper even if
there is a vaccine.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/business/american-airline-furlough-19000.html

Likewise work from home is cheaper than office space, so
the infrastructure supporting office works might wither
some too.

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The return big donors get for investing in political
campaigns

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/25/americas-biggest-business-lobby-is-behind-republicans-push-shield-employers-coronavirus-liability/

It's bigger than just the virus.

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Jobs gone for good

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/25/permanent-economic-damage-piles-up-covid-crisis-is-looking-more-like-great-recession/

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If you let business override health...

it's not healthy for business!

 https://apnews.com/a9b056df95d41034064923612e4193d9

Maybe the families of the deceased won't mind since their
governors were such good Trumpists.

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Pictures from life's other side

People and businesses that were just getting by before
are going down now.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/23/economy-federal-benefits-low-wage-workers/

How much should Senate Democrats be willing to compromise
in order to get some immediate relief flowing?  That may
depend on how optimistic Republican senators feel after
the Republican convention.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-convention-will-be-no-summer-of-love/2020/08/21/c1cd1f72-e3e6-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html

And on whether Trump supporters on the breadlines start
blaming Republicans instead of Democrats.     Right now
the Trump base gives him credit for good news and blames
Democrats for bad news.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/politics/trump-economy.html

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Believe your eyes, not your ears

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/opinion/trump-convention-economy.html

Authoritarians just repeat the same old lies over and over
until people assume they're true.

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S&P 500 set new highs!

So the market is improving - just ask Trump.       But the
improvement is mostly due to Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft.
These three converted a -4.1% return for the year to
a +2.4%.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/business/stock-market-record.html

Of course if Trump had his way, Amazon would be setting
new lows.

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We already have "income inequality" and
"wealth inequality"

Now we can add "recovery inequality"

Trump's donors seem to be doing well, so what's the
problem?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/13/recession-is-over-rich-working-class-is-far-recovered/

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Are you old enough to remember stagflation?

It was the bane of the Ford and Carter administrations.

Can it come back?    A stagnant economy at best seems
likely until the virus is tamed.      And the extra costs
involved in just about every economic activity due to
protective actions and higher labor costs are bound to
affect consumer prices eventually.       Currently, the
Russians and Arabs have called a truce on their oil price
war and the price of oil is responding, which is already
affecting consumer prices and might do more.

 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/consumer-prices-jump-again-in-july-rebounding-from-pandemic-lows-but-inflation-still-low-2020-08-12

Conventional economic theory holds that you don't have
a stagnant economy and rising prices at the same time.
But it happened in the late 70's and early 80's.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagflation

It ended during the Reagan administration, for which
the Republicans have been taking credit ever since, even
though the Federal Reserve under Volcker probably had more
to do with it.         And it was succeeded by euphoric
deregulation leading to the S&L meltdown -

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis

Youngsters might not know that S&L's used to be as
common as banks.     They've largely been replaced by
credit unions now.

Can it happen again?      The demoralizing effect of the
virus might become comparable to the demoralizing effects
of oil embargoes in the 1970's.

 https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-stagflation-3305964

 https://www.thebalance.com/reaganomics-did-it-work-would-it-today-3305569

If the Republicans repeat their Obama era act of standing
in the doorway and blocking up the hall, making sure
everybody is as miserable as possible for the 2022
election, anything could happen.

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Unappreciated

Trump likes to invite miners and drillers to the White
House.     Why not grocery checkers?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/12/grocery-workers-coronavirus/

On second thought, the miners are worse off than the
checkers.

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Think of it as Reality-TV - then it all makes sense.

After every episode, inject a new real or imaginary
conflict, to keep folks tuning in next time.       That
keeps the ratings up, and what's more important than TV
ratings?    Which other president can match the lifetime
TV ratings records of Trump?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/12/trump-still-cant-get-his-unemployment-benefit-executive-action-work-not-legally-anyway/

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The guy you send to blow up deals, not to make them

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-trump-chief-of-staff-drew-hard-line-during-relief-talks-challenging-democrats-approach/2020/08/10/28ea30a0-d9d3-11ea-b9b2-1ea733b97910_story.html

How does he think this strengthens Trump's re-election?
It seems the answer is he doesn't care - the important
thing is not to cave to the Democrats.

The Freedom Caucus was invented in 2015 to destroy, not to
build.       It was an outgrowth of the Tea Party, founded
in 2009 to oppose Obama because - because he was black,
of course, though they wouldn't admit that in public.
So although not all the Freedom Caucus members represent
southern states, they are all Dixiecrats at heart.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Caucus

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Section 7.    All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate
in the House of Representatives.

Section 9.  No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury,
but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/08/trump-executive-order-coronavirus/

Proposals don't have to be legal, workable, or effective,
as long as they make good political reality-TV!  That's
what he does best.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/business/trump-stimulus-recovery.html

Promising to cut Social Security and Medicare?      That's
an odd way to win re-election!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/08/trump-payroll-tax-cut/

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Pelosi knows how to play hardball

It makes some vulnerable Democrats nervous, but it makes
vulnerable Republicans REALLY nervous.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-coronavirus-relief.html

She knows that this is her only chance to get anything out
of Congress before January, and the vulnerable Republicans
know that too.    She could say that if three trillion
is too much for Republicans, she'd be happy to pay for
it by undoing as much of the 2017 billionaire tax relief
as they'd like.         The Republicans know that if
they did that, they'd never get another dime from their
major donors, and would not survive their next primary.
So lose the votes or lose the dollars?        They can
update a slogan of the 1960's -

"money will get you through times of no votes better
than votes will get you through times of no money"

Trump was a fool to run for president at the top of an
economic expansion.       His enablers were bigger fools
for going along for the ride and not getting before passing
the last exit.       Low-information voters - there are a
lot of them - don't know much about politics or economics
but they know if their future feels better or worse.

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Why would you make the recession as bad as possible?

Because you've given up on the 2020 election and are trying
to position your party for 2022 and 2024?       That seems
to be the strategy of Republican senators who are not up
for re-election this year or who have safe seats.

For most people, schools and child care can't reopen until
there's an effective vaccine, and that means their parents
can't work.      With no income, there's no spending,
and so more businesses have to lay off the workers who
could come to work.      It's called positive feedback,
and it's not a good thing.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/opinion/coronavirus-us-recession.html

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Structural change is always slow and painful

Some day Republicans might be glad it's Biden's problem
instead of theirs.       Even if the virus magically
disappears on election day as Trumpists predict, major
portions of the economy have been permanently changed -
physical retail, business travel, commercial real estate,
cruise ships.      Millions of people who spent a lifetime
mastering particular skills will have to develop new
skills to find new entry-level jobs.        Their economic
activity will thus be depressed for several years at best.

 https://apnews.com/89992979ca3c3ba72eb2cd31a9ca0e5d

More California unemployed do not expect to get their old
jobs back -

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/06/coronavirus-fewer-unemployed-california-workers-expect-old-jobs-back/

Apprenticeships can be part of the solution  -

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/06/opinion-expanding-apprenticeships-can-fuel-economic-recovery/

It shouldn't be necessary to endure four years of college
to get a decent job with a living wage.       Two years of
community college and two years of apprenticeship should
be enough to survive.

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Why the Democrats have a stronger hand in recovery.

From a naked political point of view, the Democrats might
as well let the economic crisis get as bad as possible
until the election.        The Republicans will get the
blame since they held the power.

Starting in January, if the Democrats have a unified
government, then they might pull out all the stops to
get the economic recovery moving again.        But the
Republican survivors will certainly take the opposite tack
of trying to make the depression as bad as possible so the
Democrats will get the blame in 2022 and 2024.  That's the
way the Republicans operated under Obama - just say NO.

So whatever the Democrats hope to accomplish, they need
to do it now before the election while the vulnerable
Republican senators are feeling the heat to compromise
and do SOMETHING.      SOMETHING in addition to Trump
priorities like payroll tax cuts, expensing three-martini
lunches, and deciding where the new FBI building should go.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/05/if-congress-cant-pass-rescue-package-senate-may-fall-democrats/

Think of it as the Republicans' Depression Strategy to
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Make the most of one-party rule!

The system is set up so that the midterm elections usually
go against the party in power.          Lazy voters who
don't vote or who just vote against incumbents add to
the problem.

So if the Democrats gets unified government in 2021,
they better make the most of their two years.       Some
Republicans seemed to have taken the course of trying to
make the pandemic and recession as bad as possible now,
so that it will continue through 2022 and then they can
blame the Democrats for it.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/04/real-reason-next-pandemic-rescue-package-is-stalled/

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How FDR won the New Deal

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/biden-fdr.html

Lessons for Biden!

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Not a positive sign for consumer confidence

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/05/5-reasons-why-gold-prices-are-soaring/

 https://apnews.com/18a7da6836e29486ab94d3ab93fd14ac

Gold goes up when fear goes up.

What could be the reason? - the Trump administration sees
a quick recovery before the election!

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-30/united-says-bleak-outlook-threatens-jobs-of-one-third-of-pilots

That doesn't sound quick.

One anomaly - residential housing in Silicon Valley is
still increasing in value.

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/30/coronavirus-what-pandemic-bay-area-home-prices-continue-to-rise/

And manufacturing is expanding a bit - can it last?

 https://apnews.com/f251305cbd3bc79d7590d8c5e06aabe6

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National emergency powers are for when Congress doesn't
have time to act

Not for when Congress chooses not to act.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/08/03/congress-stimulus-coronavirus-trump/

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No V shaped recovery before election

Consumer confidence doesn't recover that quickly -

 https://apnews.com/f7141aab14400d4fcd7f47a88e3b8e44

Especially when Congress is paralyzed by partisanship.

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Small Silicon Valley firms not immune

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/28/even-silicon-valley-startups-are-struggling-during-the-pandemic/

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Senators fiddle while bank accounts burn out

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/24/unemployment-benefits-congress-coronavirus/

If they're going to lose the White House and the Senate
this year, then they might as well make the depression as
deep as possible so they will be able to use it against
the Democrats in 2022.      It's a plan worthy of the
party that freed Roger Stone.

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Riding off in three directions at once

The president, vulnerable senators, and safe senators all
have different priorities, and the first two are getting
panicky.    And that's before talking to any Democrats
that will have to approve the final bill in the House,
and who could filibuster the Senate with the help of the
safe Republican senators.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/23/congress-stimulus-coronavirus-trump/

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CEO's expect no quick recovery

Time to hedge their bets with campaign contributions!

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/business/coronavirus-ceos-economy.html

Time to encourage Republican senators and governors to
cut their losses?

Office leasing in Silicon Valley is off for the first time
in many years -

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/21/coronavirus-economy-office-leasing-slump-bay-area-real-estate-tech-development/

And LinkedIn is laying off -

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/07/21/in-a-scary-sign-of-the-times-linkedin-plans-to-lay-off-960-people

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The Republican senators in safe seats, or who aren't up
for re-election this year, look at things differently.

They support any virus relief that doesn't cost money.
But in terms of recovery - of political power - their
best bet is to hobble the recovery as much as possible to
maximize the odds that it will be a useful campaign issue
against Biden in 2022 and 2024.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/us/politics/congress-coronavirus-stimulus-bill.html

But the ones up for re-election all labor under the
delusion that there is some magic formula that will make
most voters feel as prosperous and optimistic economically
as they did a year ago - in time for the election.
But that's not how business cycles, and the underlying
mass psychology, work.

 https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle

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Not the way Trump would do it!

Use your own money?    Get serious!

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/18/a-grand-sacrifice-to-stay-open-what-these-owners-did-to-keep-oles-waffle-shop-open-and-everyone-on-the-payroll/

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The virus can be subdued with a disciplined focused
approach

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/opinion/coronavirus-germany-economy.html

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Don't be "the third monkey headed into Noah’s
Ark"

Lobbyists are lining up to get their piece of the action
in the final virus relief bill before the election.

It doesn't matter if your particular benefit doesn't
actually have anything to do with the virus, as long as
you've bought access to the right legislators.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/us/politics/coronavirus-relief-lobbyists-special-interests.html

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"cut taxes for people who have jobs while cutting
benefits for the unemployed"

Could it sound any better to a Republican donor?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/19/republican-stimulus-unemployment-coronavirus/

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It would certainly be easier not to check!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/17/congress-ppp-hearing-mnuchin/

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Free money

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/15/sba-eidl-loan-program-coronavirus/

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A job nobody wants!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/14/dunford-signals-he-wont-chair-coronavirus-panel-latest-blow-new-oversight-body/

The law requires that McConnell and Pelosi agree on a
chair.  Good luck with that!         Who'd want to hire
somebody who was willing to take that job?

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Tax cuts are the answer!

The answer to what, though?    Texas' state fiscal crisis
is due to a steep drop in sales tax revenues.

Nevertheless Republicans in Congress think that direct
payments and tax cuts will somehow solve the fiscal
problems of local government.     Yet in a climate of
unparalleled uncertainty, the prudent choice for consumers
is to save as much money as possible, rather than spend
it to boost the economy.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-finance-202/2020/07/08/the-finance-202-republicans-decried-blue-state-bailouts-but-red-states-have-coronavirus-budget-woes-too/5f04d03588e0fa7b44f6f8c8/

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/07/texas-taxes-budget-coronavirus/

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Charity begins at home

 https://apnews.com/7a5386e4cbca3a872561ef39378aa109

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Another round of stimulus checks?

Maybe Senate Republicans would be more comfortable with
the cost if the new checks were only sent to registered
Republican voters.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/23/trump-stimulus-checks-second-round/

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If the Trump administration can't decide who's in charge
of recovery, it's no wonder that it's not a priority
in Congress.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/18/navarro-economic-stimulus-white-house/

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Two ways that Republicans can lose EVEN WORSE in November

1) Declare victory over the recession too soon.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/opinion/coronavirus-jobs-report.html

2) Declare victory over the virus too soon.

 https://twitter.com/cfishman/status/1269781054635868161

Republicans stay closely in touch with their donors.
They need to check in with their voters from time to time
too -

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/09/white-voters-are-turning-trump-new-data-shows-why-now/

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Mixed economic signals around the world

Boost in jobs here -

 https://apnews.com/9358e14389c7d8e11c3a6a4beb366411

Loss of jobs there -

 https://apnews.com/31ef98389e0fd4e073f4a06d531050f3

The global economy is connected.     The ripples are
taking down enterprises that were over-leveraged before
the virus -

 https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/mall-owner-sues-gap-for-rent-on-coronavirus-shuttered-stores

and they might take down their employees and their
creditors and their employees and their creditors, as
expected -

 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/stocks-are-nosediving-recession-coming/576568/

 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/opinion/corporate-debt-bubble-att-ge.html

It doesn't help much to see your neighbor going back
to work if you can't even get through to file for
unemployment -

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/04/coronavirus-california-unemployment-claims-rise-job-layoff-tech-retail-restaurant-hotel-edd-ui/

It's hard to beat the cycle of mass psychology once it
gets started -

 http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle

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Why there won't be an instant recovery

It's not just individuals and families that can't pay
their rent.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/03/next-big-problem-businesses-cant-or-wont-pay-their-rent-its-setting-off-dangerous-chain-reaction/

Over-leverage was pre-existing before the virus.
But the combination is sending a lot of businesses to the
refrigerated trucks pending interment.

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Unclear on the concept!

You can't go back to a job that doesn't exist any more.

You shouldn't go back to a job that isn't healthy.

You can't go back to a job if you can't find daycare and
schools for your kids.

A payroll tax cut doesn't help you if you don't have
a job.  If you do have a job, a payroll tax cut eventually
translates to lower social security or medicare benefits.

Most people are tired of home and would be eager to
go back to a job that was actually more attractive than
staying home.   That's the problem Congress should tackle.
Instead they want to tackle the problems of their donors.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/29/return-to-work-bonus/

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Post-pandemic prophecies.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/28/end-life-we-know-it-get-real/

It's certainly true that the pandemic has hastened the
inevitable for over-leveraged businesses.        However it
seems equally plausible that over-leveraged consumers will
also become much more careful about consumption vs saving.
This might have a deflationary effect on prices to offset
the inflationary effect of businesses investing more in
various kinds of insurance against future catastrophies -
better supply chains, more inventory reserves, more cash
reserves.

One lesson everybody might absorb is not to expect
competent response from the government - the final payoff
of Reagan Republicanism.

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Social distancing in crowded casinos?

We'll know soon enough how well that works.       Can all
those experienced gamblers really estimate the odds
correctly?      Will the casinos really tell the high
rollers how to play?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/business/coronavirus-las-vegas-casinos.html

It's fine for gamblers to choose to be pioneers, but what
about all the little people who have to go to work to
accommodate the gamblers?      They go to work because
they have to, not because they like the odds.

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The Republican approach to restoring confidence - trickle
down, of course.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/26/gop-plan-would-increase-coronavirus-spread-slow-economic-recovery/

"fatal losses to workers and their communities are
tolerable, but financial losses to the business class
are not"

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/opinion/trump-mcconnell-reopening.html

No surprise there!    Just the same old trickle-down
Republican economics - that's never worked for the
tricklees but does wonders for the tricklers.

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Where the hospital money goes

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/business/coronavirus-hospitals-bailout.html

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The virus is tough on victims with pre-conditions!

That includes businesses in an over-leveraged
pre-condition.

 https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/hertz-could-file-for-bankruptcy-as-soon-as-this-weekend

It's not that we weren't warned!

 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/opinion/corporate-debt-bubble-next-recession.html

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It's all just a matter of finding the RIGHT doctors!

 https://apnews.com/4ee1a3a8d631b454f645b2a8d9597de7

And the RIGHT statisticians!  Make the statistics fit the
theory, not vice versa.

 https://apnews.com/6dbd9ad370add2ba299c7da46c25004f

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Whose quick recovery?

If you've lost your job or home, it won't restore your
confidence to hear that somebody else got a new job or a
new home.    Neither you nor they will end up right back
where they were before.

But you won't be making many contributions to political
campaigns, so you can't expect any real help from Trump
or the Republican senate.

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/15/coronavirus-could-make-tens-of-thousands-of-californians-homeless-according-to-report/

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No more Federal unemployment benefits!

It just makes people stay safe at home instead of getting
sick at work!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-expresses-opposition-to-extending-unemployment-benefits-enacted-in-response-to-pandemic/2020/05/19/19ae0e50-9a12-11ea-a282-386f56d579e6_story.html

Trump economic advisors see no evil and hear no evil,
so they expect the economy to fully recover in time for
the election.     Hassett sees that credit card usage is
increasing, and finds that a positive sign.       Where do
these guys gets their information on consumers - from
Mar-a-Lago members?

Stores now accept credit cards for even small purchases,
and consumers are eager to use them wherever they can,
because EVERYBODY IS AFRAID OF CASH.       The greenback
dollar is almighty - an almighty risk!       That doesn't
sound like a sign of confidence.

When consumers are stressed, they use up their cash, then
debit cards, and finally charge daily living expenses to
credit cards until they max out.     That could account
for a lot of increased credit card usage.      That doesn't
sound like a sign of confidence.

But just listening to Trump would make anybody feel more
confident!  So the government doesn't need to do anything
more to boost consumer confidence  In any event, Trump IS
making Democratic politicians feel more confident.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/19/white-house-coronavirus-economic-recovery/

Last time the Republicans did this in 1932, they got 20
years of Democratic rule.        Some of them are getting
nervous, but most won't admit it.           They want to
talk about deficit spending, in a depression when deficit
spending makes sense.        They should have been talking
about it in 2017 when they were planning their billionaire
tax cut, when deficit spending made no sense.

 http://www.one-flat-tax.net/

But Republican senators don't have to make sense.  As long
as they do what their donors want, they'll get the money
they need to buy re-election.      Thus the question is not
really "will Republican senators abandon Trump"
but "will major Republican donors abandon Trump".
Will they decide that a different Republican, or even
Biden, is a small price to pay for four years in order to
keep a Republican senate majority?  They don't have much
time to contemplate that question before it will be too
late to make a difference.

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Thinking about what happens after this pandemic

If we don't think about it, we'll get something
unthinkable.

 https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/15/opinion-we-need-to-start-talking-now-about-a-post-pandemic-vision/

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What happens to unwanted hogs is bad.

What happens to unwanted hog farmers is worse.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/business/coronavirus-farmers-killing-pigs.html

Oddly enough, meatpacking employees aren't patriotic
enough to risk getting butchered by the virus in order to
butcher hogs for other people.       Trump doesn't think
much of their lack of patriotism, since his donors who
run those businesses have a big business opportunity in
China right now.

 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/01/trump-push-to-open-meatpackers-comes-as-pork-producers-profit-from-china-exports.html

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A good time to remember Herbert Hoover.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/opinion/coronavirus-trump-hoover.html

However there are some Hoover footsteps that Trump will
not likely follow.  After the war, Democratic President
Truman appointed Republican ex-President Hoover to chair
a commission to reorganize the government for efficiency
and effectiveness.      Many of its recommendations were
adopted.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Commission

It's hard to imagine any president, of any party,
appointing ex-President Trump to chair a commission to
reorganize the government for efficiency and effectiveness.

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Making sure that bailout funds go to the Republicans that
most need them!

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/politics/betsy-devos-coronavirus-religious-schools.html

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The jobs will all be back!

Jobs came back after the Great Depression too - not
necessarily the same jobs - and too late to save Herbert
Hoover, whose career as an elected official was over no
matter what he had or hadn't done.      He was not free
of blame, having signed off on Smoot-Hawley knowing it
was the wrong answer.

 https://www.theweek.com/speedreads/913354/trump-reassures-lost-jobs-back-soon-experts-say-could-take-decade

And while the jobs came back eventually, it wasn't the
same.     America was different between 1859 and 1866, 1916
and 1919, 1940 and 1946, 2000 and 2002.         The old
normal was gone for good.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/08/jobs-coronavirus-unemployment-economy-politics/

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Besides a possible second wave of the virus, there is a
possible second wave of recession, as factories ramp up
production - of goods that nobody wants to buy.  Consumer
confidence, once shaken by layoffs and foreclosures, even
if they happened to other people, takes a long time to
rebuild - consumers who do have income start to think in
terms of saving for the next crisis rather than spending.

And if consumer spending is depressed, then advertising
on social media is worth less, and the business model
of Google and Facebook is worth less - and all the
commercial real estate development in Silicon Valley is
worth less - and all the residential real is worth less.
Businesses that were over-leveraged before the virus can
still borrow cheap money but only if they can convince
lenders that they can pay it back.

 http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle

None of this is inevitable - other countries like Germany
are recovering without massive unemployment - but as
long as we are stuck trying to recover from trickle-down
economics thinking, it will be a long road.        And not
one that the next Democratic president will necessarily
enjoy traveling.       Republicans are already planning
their return to minority status -

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/11/republicans-have-already-decided-trump-is-going-lose/

It took a long time to undo the Obama expansion, and
it may take a long time to undo the Trump contraction.
Long enough, and they can hope the voters will blame the
Democrats for the Trump contraction, just as they credited
Trump for the Obama expansion.

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The most important victim of the coronavirus - consumer
confidence.

In first aid class, one learns that even if one is able to
remember CPR techniques and apply them successfully - the
revived victim is not going to jump up, shake hands
gratefully, and go on about his business.         Instead
he will be in the hospital, quite likely in intensive care
for a while, while the immediate damage and underlying
conditions are treated.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/business/china-coronavirus-economy.html

Similarly the cardiac arrest of consumer confidence won't
disappear overnight without a trace.     Months of
isolation change how people think - about what's important
in their lives and about how they spend - and save - their
money.

In this case the underlying condition is the reliance of
individuals and businesses on living paycheck-to-paycheck
and on cheap debt.   They can't be quickly and cheaply
bribed back into their previous economic behaviors in time
for an election.   So eight weeks of emergency relief for
businesses  is just a start.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/business/small-businesses-loans-ppp-coronavirus.html

We can't go back.    There will be an inevitable new normal
-

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-prediction-laurie-garrett.html

Will it include a new economic paradigm?    After a
generation of trickle-down economics that didn't trickle
down, isn't it time to see how well bubble-up economics
bubbles up?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-new-deal-ubi.html

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Cruising toward a bailout.

Why didn't they just give all the bailout money to the RNC
to distribute - letting them take their cut for postage
and handling?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/opinion/coronavirus-cruise-ships.html

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Under virus pressure, American federalism evolves.

Originally, in an era when it took several days for the
newly-elected president  to ride his horse from his home
to the capital to be inaugurated, the states retained most
of the power because they were closer to their people and
problems than the distant Federal government.

Now in a world tightly and globally connected, the Federal
government and even international institutions are in a
much better position than 50 state and several territorial
governors, when it comes to knowing what's going on and
how to deal with it.       But many aspects of the modern
world frighten old people, who'd like to somehow retain the
global benefits but go back to old local ways of dealing
with problems.    It's worst when the old man at the top
is afraid to take responsibility for decisions and the
inevitable mistakes.     FDR and Churchill and Lincoln
made mistakes and were blamed for them, but they did not
let that paralyze them.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/power-to-states-and-governors-during-coronavirus/

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How do you get virus relief?

Hire the right people who know the right people!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/well-connected-trump-alumni-benefit-from-coronavirus-lobbying-rush/2020/04/30/f4c4a9bc-88ed-11ea-9dfd-990f9dcc71fc_story.html

So there is a future career path besides writing a
tell-all book.

Draining the swamp meant draining all the Democrats!

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The Republicans have wanted to neuter public employee
unions for a long time.

Now they've got their chance, but they have to act fast
in case they lose the election.        To maximize their
chances, they'll have to figure out how to reward red
states and punish blue states.      Standard operating
procedure.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/29/cities-states-layoffs-furloughs-coronavirus/

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Vegetarianism is looking better.     So is unionization.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/29/trumps-latest-executive-order-highlights-our-inequality-crisis/

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-class-war-against-front-line-workers/2020/04/29/be4c636e-8a57-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html

Why  would anybody care about minimum wage workers health
in the midst of a recession and re-election crisis?
It's not as if they were Republican voters or major donors.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/30/republican-states-unemployment-benefits/

But what about the next round?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/30/jobless-claims-industry/

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Who gets secret contracts from the Trump administration?

Hint: it's not Democratic donors!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/28/we-dont-need-guessing-games-we-need-trump-be-transparent-about-ordering-tests/

And who gets the big bailout bucks?

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/business/coronavirus-small-business-loans-large-companies.html

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How the sausage gets made.

Give up something you love to save something you love more.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/political-rivals-test-an-unusual-antidote-to-pandemic-fallout-compromise/2020/04/28/520b9c30-8974-11ea-9dfd-990f9dcc71fc_story.html

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Restoring consumer confidence

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/28/trump-coronavirus-economy-reopen-meat/

Mass psychology doesn't change on a dime.     And that's
not even considering what happens if the virus comes
roaring back like 1918.

 http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#cycle

The negative vibes have to wear out their welcome.  And the
over-leveraged companies that were skating on thin ice
before the virus are not likely to be able to come back,
with negative effects on the psychology of their former
customers and employees and stockholders.  Of course,
one approach to over-leverage is to allow more leverage -

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/28/federal-reserve-bond-corporations/

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Let the states go bankrupt!

McConnell doesn't care.

 https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/politics/mitch-mcconnell-state-local-government-aid-bankruptcy/index.html

He thinks some states are irresponsible about paying
for defined-benefit pensions, and he's right, but that's
completely irrelevant to the pandemic and recession.  The
truly irresponsible behavior was enacting a billionaire tax
cut at the height of the economic expansion.  More money
for people who didn't need it at a time when they didn't
need it.   NOW the Republicans are complaining about
deficits, in a time of economic recession when deficits
are actually useful - for getting money to the people who
need it, when they need it.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-trump-coronavirus-spending-deficit-economy/2020/04/25/9013c5ee-8671-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

The forebears of these Republicans were appalled by FDR's
spending during the Great Depression, and his radical ideas
like Social Security.     Some of the ideas didn't work,
but FDR was trying different things instead of lamenting
the obstruction of the opposition.      FDR convinced the
voters that he was concerned about their problems and
trying to do something about it.      And they trusted
him in the next crisis of world war.

Any politician who finds the uncertainty about
economic recovery painful should be leading on something
helpful.          No recovery without accurate information
about how widespread the virus is.          That requires
widespread testing.     That requires much greater supply
of testing materials, test personnel, lab facilities,
personal protective equipment.          Next is accurate
information about who's spreading the virus and how.
That requires an army of contact tracers.

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No postal service means no mail-in ballots means no
election!

If he can't do it one way, he'll find another.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/24/trump-postal-service-loan-treasury/

Raising parcel delivery rates above competitors
would finish off the postal service once and for all.
Mission accomplished!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/23/10-billion-treasury-loan-usps/

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In Lost Wages, gambling is a way of life.

And what a gambler they have for a mayor!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/23/las-vegas-mayor-coronavirus/

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Full employment for some trades!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-stimulus-fraud/2020/04/22/f17d952a-833e-11ea-878a-86477a724bdb_story.html

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/technology/stimulus-checks-hackers-coronavirus.html

"Move fast and break things" - was that referring
to the Federal government?

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A W shaped recovery?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/22/theres-growing-possibility-w-shaped-economic-recovery-its-scary/

To match a W shaped pandemic?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/21/coronavirus-secondwave-cdcdirector/

 https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgence

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Of course most of the relief money goes to the bigger
donors!

 https://apnews.com/6c5942eec36cc43b25ad5df5afebcfbd

 https://apnews.com/44ba37de4628042ba3dac0df64642865

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/04/21/this-coal-company-with-ties-trump-administration-just-got-10-million-small-business-loan/

What else would you expect?

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-20/wells-fargo-jpmorgan-among-banks-sued-by-small-business-owners

The little guys get press releases, the big guys get cash.

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A problem too big for Trump to solve -

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/business/energy-environment/coronavirus-oil-prices-collapse.html

So he tackles problems he CAN solve -

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/21/trumps-company-asks-federal-government-include-it-any-rent-relief-offered-tenants/

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Is anybody surprised?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/21/nearly-25000-email-addresses-passwords-allegedly-nih-who-gates-foundation-are-dumped-online/

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/21/sba-data-loan-small-business/

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It's all about who you know who is willing to return
your calls.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/04/21/this-coal-company-with-ties-trump-administration-just-got-10-million-small-business-loan/

Now we know why that program ran out of money so soon.

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The virus is good for some businesses!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/19/fda-antibody-tests-coronavirus-review/

All economic recovery plans depend on having RELIABLE and
READILY AVAILABLE means of determining whether  employees
are immune.

The business cycle is ultimately about mass psychology.
The economy won't recover until consumer confidence is
restored.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-do-we-overcome-fear-americans-need-confidence-before-life-can-return-to-normal/2020/04/18/0b6ed6b8-80b7-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html

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Realistic scenarios for the next few years.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/health/coronavirus-america-future.html

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What's worse - bailing out big corporations or watching
their massive layoffs to avoid insolvency?

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/04/18/record-government-corporate-debt-risk-tipping-point-after-pandemic-passes/

What starts as a corporate debt crisis could become a
consumer debt crisis.

Free money (= zero interest rate) does carry a price
after all.  Instead of filtering out bad investment ideas
gradually over years, what happens if they all get filtered
out in the same month?

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It's more than losing an election or losing control of
Congress.

Republican donors and theorists are afraid of losing
the war of ideology for a generation - and with it,
trickle-down economics and all its benefits for entrenching
a hereditary nobility.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/opinion/coronavirus-relief-trump.html

Trickle-down won't get us out of a depression.  Bubble-up
will.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/pandemic-government-role/

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Liberation from this earthly vale of tears

Liberate as many as want to life in a different world to
come, but don't infect the rest of us!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/liberate-trump-tweets-support-protesting-against-stay-at-home-orders/

Don't be enslaved to our elitist linear ways of thinking
- if Trump says one thing one day and the opposite the
next day, it's because he feels one way one day and the
opposite the next day.        What's wrong with that?
He's the feelingest president ever!

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If The Federalist contributors want to be the Walter Reeds
of the 21st century, let them infect themselves thoroughly
and let the survivors report in a couple of months if they
still think that was a good idea.

 https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-federalist-as-medical-journal-in-the-time-of-the-coronavirus

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One might think that a president focused solely on
getting his base to turnout for the election might want
to discourage them from killing themselves off first!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/17/experts-are-balking-trump-apparently-sees-some-reinforcement-anti-stay-at-home-demonstrators/

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-governors.html

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Of course the alternative is to be patient until we can
reliably do all the testing we need.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/04/18/sally-jenkins-trump-coronavirus-testing-economy/

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Who needs government?

Not Republicans!

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/opinion/trump-coronavirus-economy.html

They have rights!

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/us/coronavirus-rules-protests.html

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Not quite as promised.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/16/coronavirus-cares-stimulus-check/

Maybe Trump shouldn't have signed after all.

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-denied-he-wanted-his-name-on-stimulus-checks-heres-how-it-happened/2020/04/15/df6272c8-7f35-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html

But the whole basis of the Trump administration is just
this: how can he get credit for what goes right without
getting blame for what goes wrong?

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Trump's plan for the economy to emerge stronger than
before.

At least he'll support the IMPORTANT parts of the economy -
that support him.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/jobs-republicans-covid.html

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Nobody will mind if the checks are late if they have
Trump's signature!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coming-to-your-1200-relief-check-donald-j-trumps-name/2020/04/14/071016c2-7e82-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html

Non-partisan Trumpism?   That's an oxymoron!

But it's other people's money anyway.      Trump never
pays anybody anything out of his own money, that he doesn't
have to.

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Why publish aid recipients?

That will just encourage investigations that might
embarrass Trump donors that don't really need the money.
But Trump really needs their support!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/13/whos-getting-these-hundreds-billions-government-aid-now-public-may-be-dark/

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