dooderooni
Well-known member
I know we moan about our government, but the US is an absolute mess right now.
Not only do you have possibly the worst person in charge, but they are hurtling towards a re-opening of the "greatest economy in the world" because said economy is being exposed for the lie it is.
On one hand you have the President saying it's not his responsibility to do a raft of things that might reflect badly on him and on the other hand you've got him claiming credit and powers that he doesn't deserve or have. His right-wing cohorts are starting to justify deaths as a price worth paying to restart the economy (or line their pockets).
Last night he had his team produced a chart with the number of deaths per 100k of population to show how well they have done and then he interrupted Dr Birx to ask the assembled reporters if they believed the figures for China and Iran. As if it were a ******* contest and he's celebrating that he's avoided killing many more.
The day previously he'd tweeted and spoken in support of the protesters who were urging Democratic governors to lift lockdowns and possibly create a second wave of infections.
It's this last thing that exposes the lie of their economy. It's not just gun-toting, 2nd amendment Trump groupies who are protesting, it's also small business owners who haven't been able to secure loans from the bail-out package before it ran out or was taken up by companies who didn't really need it and also ordinary folk who simply can't survive on the one-off payment of $1200 or have been unable to claim unemployment benefit. This one-off payment hasn't even reached everyone yet because those without direct deposit facilities are having to wait for a cheque to arrive in the post. Cheques which are delayed while Trump has his name printed in the memo section.
Many Americans are clearly living payday to payday and this coupled with the way their society works is forcing people to want to go back to work even if it means they'll get ill and possibly die. There are record numbers using food banks, lines of cars queuing overnight to get enough food to feed their families.
It should make us wake up and think.
Not only do you have possibly the worst person in charge, but they are hurtling towards a re-opening of the "greatest economy in the world" because said economy is being exposed for the lie it is.
On one hand you have the President saying it's not his responsibility to do a raft of things that might reflect badly on him and on the other hand you've got him claiming credit and powers that he doesn't deserve or have. His right-wing cohorts are starting to justify deaths as a price worth paying to restart the economy (or line their pockets).
Last night he had his team produced a chart with the number of deaths per 100k of population to show how well they have done and then he interrupted Dr Birx to ask the assembled reporters if they believed the figures for China and Iran. As if it were a ******* contest and he's celebrating that he's avoided killing many more.
The day previously he'd tweeted and spoken in support of the protesters who were urging Democratic governors to lift lockdowns and possibly create a second wave of infections.
It's this last thing that exposes the lie of their economy. It's not just gun-toting, 2nd amendment Trump groupies who are protesting, it's also small business owners who haven't been able to secure loans from the bail-out package before it ran out or was taken up by companies who didn't really need it and also ordinary folk who simply can't survive on the one-off payment of $1200 or have been unable to claim unemployment benefit. This one-off payment hasn't even reached everyone yet because those without direct deposit facilities are having to wait for a cheque to arrive in the post. Cheques which are delayed while Trump has his name printed in the memo section.
Many Americans are clearly living payday to payday and this coupled with the way their society works is forcing people to want to go back to work even if it means they'll get ill and possibly die. There are record numbers using food banks, lines of cars queuing overnight to get enough food to feed their families.
It should make us wake up and think.