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The states are not responsible. The Federal Government is the structure for the country's national emergencies. The Feds should lead and

Posted by: Catzan on Apr 20, 15:22 in response to Nobody's post The states are responsible for their people. Were they...

guide. National disasters always are handled by a Federal response. Or...do you remember the states response to WWII differently? Or the states' response during the last financial crisis? We have a president who practices accountability distancing. He always has. He has settled in court...paid off complainants...gone bankrupt...gone to court with creditors...he has never said, "I was wrong." ever. He is a CEO/Owner/reality TV performer that does not know how to work as a team nor does he know how to work with opposition. Those are required for a politician. The government is not a business. It is a support structure to maintain order.

Why does Florida need FEMA help anytime a hurricane hits? It should be prepared. Florida knows it will be hit several times a decade. Why ask for federal money and support? That is your argument. This has been the argument since this country's exception...to some a strong federal government means a monarchy type of system where states lose their rights. To some a strong federal government means we are safer from other countries and national disasters. There is a balance and we should swing back to the middle in November.

NYT: the year ahead in pandemic America (spoiler: nothing really approaches "normal" until there is a vaccine, i.e., 2022) tentin quarentino Apr 19, 15:14

"I dread government in the name of science. That is how tyrannies come in. If we are to be mothered, mother must know best. This means they Nobody Apr 20, 09:03

herd immunity starts with you, tough guy tentin quarentino Apr 20, 10:07

It is irrational to crash an economy and impose what is effectively a police state in order to deal with an illness with a case-fatality Nobody Apr 20, 10:28

your post is factually inaccurate {nm} islndr Apr 20, 10:59

the fatality rate would be exponentially higher if the extreme social distancing measures weren't imposed, dum dum {nm} tentin quarentino Apr 20, 11:03

That is not a given. We have no idea how many are truly infected, so the current mortality rate ls likely much lower than currently {nm} Nobody Apr 20, 11:16

You are "forgetting" the additional casualties from hospitals being overloaded and medical workers dieing. {nm} DTravel Apr 20, 11:20

We are far more prepared now. Its a risk but we cannot lock down forever. Waiting for a vaccine is futile. No coronavirus Nobody Apr 20, 11:28

too late. the time for these calculations was in January, which plenty of other countries made the right call on. they're reopening tentin quarentino Apr 20, 11:37

The states are responsible for their people. Were they prepared? Blame Trump all you like but that is the reality. {nm} Nobody Apr 20, 11:43

The states are not responsible. The Federal Government is the structure for the country's national emergencies. The Feds should lead and Catzan Apr 20, 15:22

i think everyone remembers FDR's speech on Dec. 8, 1941 telling the states that they were all on their own against the Axis {nm} tentin quarentino Apr 20, 15:32

You are saying that is is acceptable for you to infect or potentially murder me in the pursuit of improving the economy? {nm} albrown Apr 20, 11:08

it also doesn't work economically. Sweden is going with the herd immunity strategy and their economy is still in the ****ter like everyone tentin quarentino Apr 20, 11:15

"The conomy" is us. Our livelihoods, our wealth (however limited), our retirement income, everything we work so hard for. Some will get Nobody Apr 20, 11:19

If you aren't alive then livelihoods and wealth don't matter at least to you. The economy is already too damaged for a rapid recovery, albrown Apr 20, 11:34

My own personal situation? There are 20 million unemployed with many more to come. People in their prime earning years may never financially Nobody Apr 20, 11:42

I don't assume that we are all gonna die, I do assume that you can't choose who will get it and who will recover if they do. albrown Apr 20, 11:58

Many never recovered from the sub-prime mortgage implosion. {nm} DTravel Apr 20, 13:53

LIFE BOARD {nm} Moviesnob Apr 20, 11:49

MAKE IT STOP {nm} Moviesnob Apr 20, 11:49

Nothing stops {nm} Warden Norton Apr 20, 11:55

WAAAAA! Stop violating me with your differing opinions! WAAAA! {nm} Nobody Apr 20, 11:56