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The investments made by the govt aren’t going to dictate the world -- hoolstoptheheels 01/11/2024 07:05AM

Eh, maybe. Maybe not. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/10/2024 7:56PM

Not so sure it is unique....we have always had plent of money coming in -- GoochlandHoo 01/10/2024 7:20PM

A number of economists had trouble with Powell. But he is looking -- Lazarus 01/10/2024 5:11PM

Powell isn't the problem, the people that continuously vote for tax cuts -- 81_Hokie 01/10/2024 5:31PM

Agreed on that last sentence.** -- hoolstoptheheels 01/11/2024 07:07AM

No -- WaxHoo 01/10/2024 4:04PM

I don’t disagree about failure to invest in innovation, but two quibbles -- 111Balz 01/10/2024 3:38PM

Regarding your first point, they certainly weren't negative. -- KaHOOnah 01/10/2024 3:48PM

We did, as said below, we borrowed a lot of money during that time. -- 111Balz 01/10/2024 4:24PM

We did borrow during the pandemic. We borrowed about $5 trillion... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 3:19PM

I never thought I would see a post complaining we didn't spend enough under -- Hoodafan 01/10/2024 4:52PM

In fairness, I think he was... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 5:56PM

That is correct. ** -- KaHOOnah 01/11/2024 06:17AM

I was the last person that about 50 people ever saw before they died -- KaHOOnah 01/10/2024 3:36PM

It's amazing how flip some of these guys are. The most significant issue -- Capital City Hoo 01/10/2024 7:48PM

Cap, the guy who said we should… -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 9:05PM

I appreciate your perspective and tone, and there is no question that... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 3:57PM

Who knew that the US has more than 1.2 billion people. -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 5:07PM

I don't count the... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 5:20PM

Of course you don’t. Pesky facts contradict your assertions. -- SixerHoo 01/10/2024 5:28PM

They are not facts, pesky or otherwise. Classifying the death of an... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 5:35PM

See Boca’s demolition of your fantasy. I need to say nothing more. ** -- SixerHoo 01/10/2024 6:13PM

You need to say nothing more because like Boca, you… -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 9:09PM

Please explain the deaths highlighted in orange in the attached chart. -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 5:59PM

Well done on the chart title and legend ** -- 00 Hoo 01/10/2024 8:46PM

Two things caused it: 1) COVID and 2) COVID policy. I would add that.... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 6:26PM

That chart doesn’t classify deaths as anything. It counts deaths -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 7:11PM

You continue to dodge. I'll give you one final chance. The specific... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 7:29PM

Source of the data is CDC. I responded to your 10 questions below. -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 9:31PM

Appreciate the response. I will... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/11/2024 12:54AM

The official covid deaths are 1.2 million. If you look at "excess deaths" -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 5:28PM

Again, you are ignoring the policy question. What a surprise. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 5:51PM

He’s not. He’s ignoring your assertion that it was clear at the time -- SixerHoo 01/10/2024 6:17PM

Let's agree on the facts and then we can discuss policy. There's -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 5:57PM

I will agree to the following facts:... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 6:20PM

How many deaths did we have from Covid? ** -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 6:26PM

Who knows? But for the sole purposes of the policy question, I will... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 6:41PM

Sigh, I don't know why I bother, but here goes: -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 9:22PM

KaHOOnah’s post about his first hand experience with -- SixerHoo 01/10/2024 4:53PM

Your first statement is false. Your second statement, if polled, would... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 5:02PM

The 70%, like you, has 20/20 hindsight at best. -- SixerHoo 01/10/2024 5:20PM

Your first point is likely true. I'd guess that only about 20% of people... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 5:45PM

The government - which is we, the people - has the authority to do -- SixerHoo 01/10/2024 6:09PM

The "government" is the not "we, the people". The people are... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 6:30PM

Sure Jan. ** -- SixerHoo 01/10/2024 6:48PM

SMH ** -- BKhoo 01/10/2024 4:19PM

1.8 million died from Covid in 2020 alone -- HoodatB 01/10/2024 4:19PM

False, but that still doesn't address the policy question, which you... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 4:23PM

Huh? ** -- HoodatB 01/11/2024 08:27AM

Remember, they care about cost. ** -- ryno hoo 01/10/2024 4:27PM

One of the most amazing data points about COVID wealth destruction... -- Los Angeles Hoo 01/10/2024 4:58PM

Assume we didn't support hourly workers during covid with supplemental -- KaHOOnah 01/11/2024 06:39AM

Just STFU and spend moar munny!!!! ** -- ResistHoo 01/10/2024 6:14PM

Oh, he repeats that nonsense daily. He believes it was a crime -- 111Balz 01/10/2024 3:40PM

He's probably right that we didn't need the restrictions in 2022. But boy -- KaHOOnah 01/10/2024 3:48PM

I know you went through hell. I hope we don’t see that again either. ** -- 111Balz 01/10/2024 4:41PM

Probably even mid 2021. By the time we had vaccines and treatments, covid -- KaHOOnah 01/11/2024 06:16AM

I safely think all of us hope we never see that again. ** -- Hoodafan 01/10/2024 4:53PM

Did we have much in the way of restrictions in -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 4:26PM

Not in Florida lol ** -- KaHOOnah 01/10/2024 4:43PM

Yeah. We didn’t have any restrictions in late may 2020 -- BocaHoo91 01/10/2024 9:48PM

I don’t recall much of any ** -- 111Balz 01/10/2024 4:42PM

This here is the soapbox, sir ... nuance is strictly prohibited ** -- CharlestonSC 01/10/2024 4:15PM

You had me at being unsure about the point of your rambling post. ** -- ryno hoo 01/10/2024 3:10PM

Knowing you deigned to click on my post warms the cockles of my heart, ryno -- KaHOOnah 01/10/2024 3:17PM

Well done on the chart title and legend

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