JoeB131
Diamond Member
He shows plenty of compassion. It's just that you never watched any of his addresses to the media. His policies had nothing to do with the recession or pandemic. Most anybody without TDS understands this fully.
I listen to those conferences.
I hear him whining about the press.
I hear him talking about how awesome his ratings are.
I hear him telling us that we need to open up the economy when the doctors are screaming "NO!"
I don't hear him talking about all the people who've lost their lives, health or jobs in this thing.
This month and perhaps early June will be tough times. Afterwards, this thing will wear down, the economy will pick back up. The stock market will start to recover, and Trump's chances at reelection will improve with each of those improvements.
First, the economy won't start to recover until early next year, at best. Simply put, even if they lift the restrictions in June, people aren't going to be rushing out to restaurants and bars. They are going to still be gunshy about mass gatherings, and they are going to curtail their spending because those three months left a big hole in their budgets.
Second, Trump's really not popular to start with, and a lot of people will be happy to end this shit-show, dumpster fire of a presidency.
But you don't know what unemployment collects compared to what their payout claims are. This situation of course is exceptional. But insurance be it private or public always has a rainy day fund.
Yeah, here's the thing. The system works fine with normal unemployment of only about 5% with people looking for jobs for a few weeks. It completely collapses when it ticks north of that, and the Feds have to start shovelling money into it, and people need to collect more than 26 weeks.
The last time I applied and actually collected unemployment was 30 years ago. They made a ton of money off of what my employers paid on my behalf. They are giving me a hard time now because they are trying to save a buck. But I did apply, and the criteria hasn't changed over that 30 year period. It's exactly the same. If I wanted, I could post jobs I never applied at just like I could with that little blue book we used to use.
Wow- your asshole employer is giving you a hard time, and you still praise him? Really?