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   From: Intelligent@savetheworldmsn.com   
      
   The U.S. has a huge problem.  COVID has not gone away, and is not going to go   
   away.  The issue is you cannot go to work and get COVID, and you cannot stay at   
   home without an income and a forbearance on rent and debt.  And 60% of   
   businesses   
   will fail if there is not a forbearance on debt and rents.  Letting businesses   
   fail due to COVID is not the free market.  It is madness.  For this ought to   
   be an   
   "Economic Pause," and not a "Great Depression."   
      
      
   It's time for Congress to step in and enact the following plan:   
      
   1. $1,250 per month for every man woman and child, until COVID is over, + one   
   year   
   past the end of COVID, so they do not have to work, and are only working for   
   extra   
   money.  Not because they could otherwise die without money/starve/be without   
   housing, and can thereby be exploited by employers.  Dependents ought to get   
   their   
   payments directly, akin to child support.   
      
   We can't keep from going to work indefinitely without incomes, but if we go to   
   work we will die, and the healthcare costs will be enormous.  The cost of COVID   
   should go all into the National Debt.  $1,250 per month for every man woman and   
   child should be paid out for starters.  $15,000 per person per year.  $416   
   Billion   
   per month,  $5 Trillion per year.  The Fed will buy the bonds.  Congress can go   
   into debt indefinitely it's just fiat money at the top, the Fed prints money   
   and   
   buys the Bonds for Congress to spend.  Inflation is the other side of the coin,   
   and not our concern here.  We need a fiscal stimulus.   
      
   There will not automatically be revenues and employment the day COVID is over,   
   and   
   so the protectionism must continue for 1 year after.   
      
   It's what we buy as a society, that we purchase what we need at the bottom and   
   thereby build the bottom.  If supermarkets and take-out have inflation, then   
   maybe   
   people will open more supermarkets and take-out?   
      
   A forbearance on rent and debt, except new rent and new debt.  New lending,   
   debt,   
   and renting ought _not_ be subject to this provision.   
      
   Non-payment of credit card debt acquired before the provision date, ought to   
   still   
   say "OK" or "PAID AS AGREED" during COVID, and for one year following COVID,   
   and   
   no lawsuits ought be allowed to ensue.  Likewise, landlords ought not be   
   allowed   
   to give bad references regarding nonpayment of rent during COVID, or be   
   reported   
   to a government agency which will handle it, and no lawsuits in favor of   
   landlords   
   for back payments or non payments during COVID and for one year following COVID   
   ought to be allowed - while the same landlords will have no obligations to bank   
   mortgages.  But new rentals and new debt ought not be subject to this   
   provision.   
      
   Forbearance is for all non-new debt and rent, such as student loans, car loans,   
   corporate loans and bonds, and debt, and any other loans.   
      
   New lending, new debt, new mortgages, and new renting ought not be subject to   
   this   
   provision.   
      
   The forbearance means the banks will not be getting any mortgage or credit card   
   payments at all, and the Fed may temporarily have to lend more to banks.  This   
   is   
   an "Economic Pause," the banks aren't holding troubled assets.   
      
   2. Employee protections.  Employees must be able to quit and come back at any   
   time   
   before or after COVID is over, and with no penalty.  As the landscape may   
   change   
   and they assess the danger in their County/community.  Employees must be fully   
   advised as to this right, and continue to be warned as to the dangers of   
   working,   
   at the office entrance.  Employing someone to commit self-harm is the issue,   
   but   
   at least with the $1,250 and forbearance they are not forced to work or die   
   without money.   
      
   3. Consumers must be protected from sale, and fully know and continue to be   
   warned   
   by advisement at any opening store entrances, about COVID.  Consumer   
   protections -   
   Advisement, Marketing, Advertising, as well as not creating crowds for economic   
   profit, as this is harder to regulate if it is not persistent.  The thing is,   
   we   
   really should study what advisements ought to be to regulate.  For instance,   
   the   
   grievance is addressed in that we can put labeling on Cigarettes, but   
   Cigarettes   
   have insufficient labeling.  Good advisement regulation deserves attention.    
   But   
   restrictions ought to be between the government and the commercial entity, and   
   between the commercial entity and its patrons.  Regulation of commerce, and   
   trespassing.  Not crimes between citizens and the government.   
      
   4. a) Stay-at-home-from-work - Willfully.  This should still be advice, but up   
   to   
   the employee.  The Employer does not have to be prohibited if the people are   
   not   
   forced into work, as they have a forbearance and $1,250.  Businesses can   
   exercise   
   corporate responsibility and stay closed if they do not have to pay debt and   
   rent.   
     No more demonstrators to open the economy.  Employees merely need advice like   
   Consumers do.   
      
   b) Respect for other's personal space.  Social Distancing, based on protecting   
   and   
   respecting another person's personal space, not for violating the government.   
   While your right to use public property without violating others is sacrosanct,   
   you cannot come within the determined number of feet of someone without _that_   
   person's permission.  6 feet while moving normally, and 10-15 feet while   
   stationary where crowds are not a potential.  Where crowds are a potential,   
   10-15   
   feet while moving, and 20-30 feet while stationary may be better, as this   
   social   
   distancing is more likely to be broken.   
      
   Negligence may be rebuked and shall be excused, intentionally violating   
   someone's   
   personal space is potentially criminal, though two wrongs do not make a right,   
   any   
   more than three do, and three don't, and especially in this confusing evolving   
   environment, as always, forgiveness is in order for the repentant.  People   
   really   
   ought to be more tolerant, and love one another more, during COVID.  It's your   
   personal bubble, why not keep it a good one.   
      
   c) Keeping a distance for your own safety.  While you absolutely have a right   
   to   
   come within the determined number of feet of someone who consents, during   
   COVID it   
   is *strongly* suggested you do not associate with strangers at all, and you   
   limit   
   the number of people you associate with entirely.  It would be entirely stupid   
   to   
   be at a party with people you do not even meet, but putting yourself at greater   
   danger.  If you can't work miracles, or meet with someone who does, this covers   
   Church.  While you always 100% have every right to go to Church, according to   
   the   
      
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