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We are all on the cruise ship now. Some of us get our needs met the others provide room service -- (link)

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) Mar 31 '20, 18:40

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I hate humanity (slate.com)

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I feel this article is grasping the trunk of the elephant -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:19 1
- Yes it’s not even scratching the surface -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:22
That's a sobering illustration, for sure. - znufrii Mar 31, 19:19
I've been struggling with this. What's the alternative? I haven't figured it out. - ty97 Mar 31, 18:45 22
- Groceries - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 31, 18:58 4
  - It expands way way beyond that. My nephew works at this plastic plant in Bingham, NY (he's actually pictured, lol). They were told they're staying o - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:13 2
    - Binghamton? Binghamton sucks, by the way. -- nm - loosilu Mar 31, 19:58
    - all that PPE is plastic and extra essential -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 19:14
  - I just wanna get groceries. I'll pray you wanna get close to me - JD Mar 31, 19:08 [youtube]
- You have to basically flatten not just the curve but the economic and health pain, not leave it in one sector. Massive, massive tax increases on anyon - JackDawson Mar 31, 18:58 2
  - I guess I was thinking more of....things that could realistically happen in the country -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 19:00 1
    - Anything COULD happen. Nothing will, because we are a terrible race that has inflicted enough damage. -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:01
- And, of course, ban sales of non-essential items if they're putting the workers in danger. - JackDawson Mar 31, 18:54
- There's plenty of solutions. Start with free health care for all essential workers and their families. Massive tax credits - JackDawson Mar 31, 18:51 12
  - tax credits do very little for the people you are talking about -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:23 6
    - why is that? It's a way of lowering their tax bills as close to zero as possible/giving them an automatic raise -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:26 5
      - Most of the lower wage workers in this country pay no federal income tax right now. -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 19:43 4
        
        Tax credits are refundable -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:53 2
        
        i.e. file your taxes and get a check even if you paid zero into the system? -- nm - crash davis Mar 31, 20:00 1
        
        Yes -- nm - JackDawson Mar 31, 20:02
        
        47%! -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 19:51
  - I guess I was thinking on the micro level (what should/could I do) than the macro (since I don't control that) - ty97 Mar 31, 19:00 4
    - Limit the amount of non-essential/leisure activity we provoke and engage in is probably the most one can do - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:03 3
      - Yeah, that's my issue - ty97 Mar 31, 19:08 2
        
        I was talking to max about this recently. I'm just trying to put everything into my "subscribe and save" and have that delivered less frequently. - amanda Mar 31, 19:50
        
        I wouldn't worry too much about yourself personally, you're quite a considerate and thoughtful person about others--this is more a "policy we need to - JackDawson Mar 31, 19:09

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