Moral choices of the government (poll)

[zdreg]

Probably because they realized that in their fear/greed mode they purchased enough for 2 years of use or selling to neighbors for double the price.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/costco-putting-stop-toilet-paper-151620271.html

Where in the article does it say people are attempting to return toilet paper. Will you have to play a different tune, Banjo.

 

[Pekelo]

It’s just money.....

OK, so give me 10K. It is just money. How about if you lose your job or retirement founds?

 

[Pekelo]

Government and morality in the same sentence is an oxymoron.

Sure not. The US government, well let's not go there....

But greed, plutocracy and fucking the poor are still moral choices.

 

[iprph90]

Err on the side of caution.....short term pain....long term gain.
Priorities....... testing.... respirators..... ventilators.

 

[Pekelo]

Shutting down a 22 trillion dollar economy for an extended period of time is also not realistic.

I agree. That is why I don't see how in the long run people wouldn't lean towards the human sacrifice. Back in the old days these things happened naturally.

 

[Metamega]

OK, so give me 10K. It is just money. How about if you lose your job or retirement founds?

You could honestly tell a friend that his parents and grandparents life are worth the economy trucking along as normal, or maybe a friend with asthma that their life is worth it?

know my sister is immune compromised due to some MS experimental treatments right now. That’s a tough choice.

 

[Pekelo]

Err on the side of caution.....short term pain....long term gain.

If the short term means let's say 3 months, with 20-30% unemployment/million of bankruptcies and the gain means old people survive a few more years with a scarred lung (aka diminished enjoyment of life), the choice is not so obvious.

 

[Pekelo]

You could honestly tell a friend that his parents and grandparents life

Let's turn this around: Let's say grandpa could sacrifice his long and successful life to save his grandson by donating whatever organ (for the example's sake). Do you think he would do the donation? Maybe, maybe not.

 

[Banjo]

Where in the article does it say people are attempting to return toilet paper. Will you have to play a different tune, Banjo.

A perfect example of why I don't get into conversations on ET. My statement, "Costco is not accepting returns on toilet paper which is generating another behavioral shift, anger." Nowhere did I state that people are returning toilet paper. The fact that Costco found it necessary to refuse returns implies that somebody has tried to. Remedial classes in reading comprehension are available online. Now that we've degenerated into subtle juvenile insults we can collect our ET participation trophies.

 

[ElCubano]

I propose a version of the first option where the vulnerable (sick, old, etc) self isolate while the rest of us get back to work. We can then deploy resources towards those who are most vulnerable.

I’ve called for this plan. We can risk the curve on the young, the virus working its way to flatline on its own with some possible deaths(less risk population). Then help the sick and elderly achieve a flat line by self quarantine and government assistance.