It is somewhat humbling, or ought to be, to realize that the world would be just fine if you stayed home for a month... or forever.
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raven
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The gov of my once lovely and free state shut us down last night, and published a long list of all the jobs deemed "essential". I was reminded of Soviet central planning. I am not essential, but have a bunch of work at subcontractors who will not be working either, and have to retrieve it, and then stop shipping as work will not be able to be completed.
Not only do I think this approach will not work, I think the fallout will damage our economy severely. The unintended consequences of "here to help" are of great concern. The trillions they are blithely talking about printing, the idea that people who could not run a brothel in the black controlling the US economy - YIKES!
I worry about other people who can't go to work, but I'm crystal clear that I'm not missed. I did drag myself into the courthouse yesterday for our usual biweekly commissioners court meeting. They spaced the chairs way out, and I was extremely careful about touching things. We have no reported cases in my county so far. A handful in the county that contains Corpus Christi, none, I think, in the one or two counties between. Church was a Facebook video thing this Sunday. We go in for provisions now and then, again with great care.
Clearly there's a limit to how long we can keep most people from working, though, before all kinds of secondary supply lines break down and make the damage harder to fix. The trick will be to make sure the diversity consultants have enough to eat while they stay home, while the people who actually produce essential stuff keep producing it. My dentist is closed for all but emergencies; that's OK for a while and will correct itself with pent-up demand when it's safe to re-open. I don't mind seeing shortages of new kitchen appliances while people concentrate on making medical supplies. Economies run on what's in demand, not on any pre-conceived notion of what should be in demand. For a time, we'll produce more medical supplies and fewer luxuries.
I think the fallout will damage our economy severely.
About time Americans got rid of the FEd Reserve and replaced the fiat currency. All this is helping humans do what they should have done, a long time ago. In that sense, long term it is a good thing. Humanity refuses to listen to the Divine unless they suffer and experience pain.
"That Jones shall worship the god within him turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones. Let Jones worship the sun or moon, anything rather than the Inner Light; let Jones worship cats or crocodiles, if he can find any in his street, but not the god within."
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The gov of my once lovely and free state shut us down last night, and published a long list of all the jobs deemed "essential". I was reminded of Soviet central planning. I am not essential, but have a bunch of work at subcontractors who will not be working either, and have to retrieve it, and then stop shipping as work will not be able to be completed.
Not only do I think this approach will not work, I think the fallout will damage our economy severely. The unintended consequences of "here to help" are of great concern. The trillions they are blithely talking about printing, the idea that people who could not run a brothel in the black controlling the US economy - YIKES!
I worry about other people who can't go to work, but I'm crystal clear that I'm not missed. I did drag myself into the courthouse yesterday for our usual biweekly commissioners court meeting. They spaced the chairs way out, and I was extremely careful about touching things. We have no reported cases in my county so far. A handful in the county that contains Corpus Christi, none, I think, in the one or two counties between. Church was a Facebook video thing this Sunday. We go in for provisions now and then, again with great care.
Clearly there's a limit to how long we can keep most people from working, though, before all kinds of secondary supply lines break down and make the damage harder to fix. The trick will be to make sure the diversity consultants have enough to eat while they stay home, while the people who actually produce essential stuff keep producing it. My dentist is closed for all but emergencies; that's OK for a while and will correct itself with pent-up demand when it's safe to re-open. I don't mind seeing shortages of new kitchen appliances while people concentrate on making medical supplies. Economies run on what's in demand, not on any pre-conceived notion of what should be in demand. For a time, we'll produce more medical supplies and fewer luxuries.
I think the fallout will damage our economy severely.
About time Americans got rid of the FEd Reserve and replaced the fiat currency. All this is helping humans do what they should have done, a long time ago. In that sense, long term it is a good thing. Humanity refuses to listen to the Divine unless they suffer and experience pain.
It's like child care or something.
"That Jones shall worship the god within him turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones. Let Jones worship the sun or moon, anything rather than the Inner Light; let Jones worship cats or crocodiles, if he can find any in his street, but not the god within."
-GK Chesterton
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