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|    Regulate Commerce, And We'll Give People    |
|    20 Apr 20 14:09:05    |
      XPost: sac.politics, alt.california, ca.politics       XPost: ny.politics, nyc.politics       From: Intelligent@savetheworldmsn.com              And small businesses need loans, to pay their rent and debt and keep the       economy       stable. They need no interest, no payment, temporary loans from the       government.       This means the government is paying the bank's interest income, the landlord's       interest income, and the bond holder's interest income, but the economy likely       isn't producing as fast. The stock market is still open, but the revenues       likely       aren't coming in as fast. Nevertheless it's not crashed. Meanwhile, while not       negative compounding, due to paying say hypothetically a 4% bond with 0% loan       from       the government, (the 0% doesn't negatively compound) the businesses will       accumulate debt to the government, equal to their interest and principal - the       principal part of the debt thus acts the same as a forbearance. The businesses       will just pay that part (and apparently the interest part) over a longer term       in       the future.              Meanwhile,       Don't allow the government to oppress _non-commercial_ activities, but strong       suggestions are welcomed and warranted.              It is extremely illegal, and offensive to be told you can't go to Church. I'm       not       saying you should go, but to follow the Spirit of Truth in you.              You can't sell poison and say it's water. You can't employ people to commit       self-harm.              You can't provide a restaurant, except as assisted suicide. Which is       ludicrous.       You can't employ a waitress to work as if it's self-enrichment, but only as to       commit self-harm. Which is ludicrous. The real unemployment situation needs       to       be recognized and addressed. If this means giving 150 million people       $2,000-$4,000 per month to stay afloat, so be it. 150MM x $30,000 per year =       $4.5       Trillion added to the National Debt. That's the cost of it. We should all       bear       this burden together. Stay at home, means what - don't go to work. Work from       home. Telecommute. If you make money during this time, you get extra money.              You need to get out and go for a walk. We should have the right to use our       public       parks recognized. If it means we need to stay 10-15 feet away while standing,       and       20-30 feet away while sitting, so be it.              Our parks and our parking lots are ours to use, and our human right.              It is criminal or negligent to come within the determined number of feet of       someone against their will. I do not have to have anybody about me, and       neither       do you. There is no reason to put myself at risk. People intentionally coming       within the determined number of feet are being criminal. People who are       accidentally negligent ought to correct themselves. That said, two wrongs,       don't       make a right, just saying.              It is strongly suggested during COVID you do not associate with strangers at       all,       and limit the number of people you do associate with entirely.              -----------------       "The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and       among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." - U.S. Constitution,       Article I, Section 8, Clause 3              "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or       prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or       of       the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition       the       Government for a redress of grievances." - U.S. Constitution, 1st Amendment                     Employee and consumer protections matter!              People prohibited from working better get money from the government!       We can't have new people starving, etc.              Government regulations should always be through commerce unless an offense is       committed against another person's rights. For instance it should be between       the       government and the store if the store makes people wear face coverings to come       in,       and between the store and the patrons. This is regulation of commerce to       protect       employees and consumers that the store is selling what it says it is selling.        Not       deceitfully costing consumers and employees in hidden ways. Like sickness and       death. Commerce is inherently exploitative. But to take off your mask in the       store is NOT a direct offense against the government. That would at most be       trespassing against the store. The totalitarian falsity of the drug war,       notwithstanding. The drug war is against the law. Your government should not       be       at war with you. Drugs should be marketed as poison and medicine. If you come       within the determined number of feet of someone, they are the offended party,       and       not the Government. It is not an offense against the government if you hug       your       friends. You do have a right to hug your friends. This point of distinction       matters. This point of distinction matters to me, and I will not stand for       bullshit. The government is not your God. Nor are you anyone else's God.              "God is light and in Him is no darkness at all." - St. John the Divine, 1 John       1:5, Holy Bible, New Testament       "Child of light... the light is in you" - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 13,       Section 6              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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