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|    Intelligent Party to Intelligent Party    |
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|    07 Jun 20 01:45:04    |
      XPost: soc.culture.usa, alt.politics.usa, talk.politics.theory       XPost: soc.rights.human, alt.politics.usa.misc       From: Intelligent@savetheworldmsn.com              On 5/29/2020 11:47 PM, Intelligent Party wrote:       > New debt and rent ought not be subject to such forbearance.       >       >       > Every man, woman, and child, also deserve, desire, and demand $1,250 per       month       > during COVID, and for one year after COVID is over.       >       > The above is necessary that the American people, and the U.S. economy       survive.       >       > Dependents ought to get their payments directly, akin to child support.       >       > This will be $5 Trillion into the National Debt, yearly. This does not       matter. A       > Fiscal Expansion is in order. When Congress sells the Bonds to spend, it       would be       > effecting a countering equal monetary contraction. But the Fed will buy the       > bonds, and lend to Congress, keeping the interest rate low. The other side       of an       > expansion (fiscal or monetary), is inflation, which is not the       problem/concern       > right now. An economic boom, and coincident inflation of the Consumer Price       Index       > and Stock Market (inflation of Price to Book Values), is not our concern       right now.       >       > This ought merely be an "Economic Pause," and not become a Great       Depression. It's       > not going to be a Recession. It's going to be one of the other two. We       want an       > Economic Pause. We don't want a Great Depression.       >       > A clear and present danger is obvious. COVID has claimed 100,000 lives in 2       > months. This is annualized to 600,000 deaths per year, if not more. This       is more       > than the 400,000 who die to cigarettes yearly.       >       > A clear and present danger is obvious. Congress cannot buy the Stealth       Bomber,       > and let they U.S. economy collapse and the American people loose their homes       and       > livelihoods, and say it has any business protecting America.       >       > COVID may last several more months, or persist into perpetuity until a       vaccine or       > cure comes to be. This is likely to be 1-2 years. For analysis, it all       depends       > on how many days it takes to recover and stop being contagious. The       quarantine       > either reduces the number of cases daily, if the daily infection rate is       lower       > than the daily recovery rate, or it holds them steady, or merely tempers the       > spread if the daily infection rate is higher than the daily recovery rate.        The       > U.S. total daily infection rate is about 2% (% New Cases of Active Cases =       20,000       > new cases daily on 1,000,000 active cases). Before the quarantine the daily       > infection rate was 25%. If it takes 30 days to recover, the recovery rate is       > 100/30 = 3.33%. Texas' infection rate is currently about 6%. The number of       cases       > will only grow. New York's infection rate is currently about .60%, the       disease       > will be beat in several or many months. And California, and the U.S. as a       whole's       > infection rate are both currently about 2%, - closer to holding the total       number       > of Active Cases steady, but ultimately declining. If it takes 60 days to       recover,       > the daily recovery rate is 100/60 = 1.67%, and we're more screwed. If it       takes 15       > days to recover, the daily recovery rate is 100/15 = 6.67%, and even Texas       may       > prevail. We haven't seen so many reported recoveries. Greenland was 100%       clean       > of the virus as 11 cases recovered 6 weeks ago. On Saturday, May 23rd       Greenland       > just got one new case. Del Norte County, California's most North West       County had       > all 4 cases recovered one week ago, and in the last week had 15 new cases.       >       > Let me remind everyone, that without the quarantine but everyone just doing       their       > normal activities, the Daily New Infection Rate was 25%. At 25%, in three       days       > the total number of cases doubles. In seven days it quintuples. In 10 days       it is       > times 10. In 20 days, times 100, in 30 days times 1,000, and in two months       times       > 1,000,000, or terminal. 333 cases becomes 333,000,000 cases in 60 days at a       25%       > daily infection rate, and this is what was going on before the Quarantine.        We       > don't want to return to anything like this and overwhelm our hospitals.        Even with       > more personal protective equipment, testing, and awareness, an increase to       10%-15%       > with States supposedly opening would be disastrous. It's time for Congress       to       > step in.       >       >       >              Bump              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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