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Did Trump Ruin Our Economy for Nothing?
American Thinker.com ^ | April 6, 2020 | Anthony J. Ciani

Posted on 04/06/2020 4:47:38 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: FreedomForce

I used to have some respect for American Thinker, but their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has been appalling. They’re on my sh!t list now.

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I agree. Horrible coverage and opinion. Will never screw with this rag again.


21 posted on 04/06/2020 5:06:51 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: nevermorelenore

Let’s get back to normal next week.


22 posted on 04/06/2020 5:06:53 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Those who give up some freedom for some liberty deserve neither.)
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To: Kaslin
Writer is either a liar or a fool.

He writes,’... but(covid) infects far fewer people than influenza (3% vs. 15%)’.

That may be accurate if all things were equal between the flu and covid, but the covid number is with all of the mitigation we have done. What would the number be and practically speaking how would have it played out if there was no mitigation? I think we got a glimpse by looking at a congested area like New York. And that probably would have been what more areas looked like if nothing was done. And perhaps then there would have been the same mitigation done except after many, many more were infected.

Trump did the right, courageous thing and the more (especially at places like FR) that buy into the spin that undoubtedly will now surface, the less the chances of Trump winning in November.

23 posted on 04/06/2020 5:07:18 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: grey_whiskers

Read the whole article. He lays the blame at the feet of the Dems, not Trump. Still a poorly written article. Sounds more like ramblings that a reasoned opinion.


24 posted on 04/06/2020 5:07:49 AM PDT by ibheath
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To: Kaslin

And when trump says everybody back to work the left will scream Trump wants us all dead the pandemic is not over all for Exxon and Boeing profits


25 posted on 04/06/2020 5:10:00 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Kaslin

I think Ted Nugent hit the nail on the head. China introduced germ warfare causing the economy to crash as they bought cheap investments in the USA. They’re out to control us without a bullet being fired.


26 posted on 04/06/2020 5:10:22 AM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Levy78

Read the article, the author lays this at the feet of the Dems.


27 posted on 04/06/2020 5:10:52 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: FreedomForce

TOTALLY agree. American Thinker - at least on this topic - has become a total and complete joke.


28 posted on 04/06/2020 5:12:28 AM PDT by jstolzen
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To: ibheath
This is why the right loses. We have morons invited to the "right" cruise ships / cocktail parties (when they are not active moles like Bill Kristol / Jennifer Rubin / etc.); vaguely muttering "Muh Principles!"

the left hires professional propagandists and ONLY speaks in readily absorbed soundbites, true or not.

29 posted on 04/06/2020 5:12:41 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: dforest

Our politicians, at our request, ruined our economy. And it isn’t just the US. It is the world. This is the black swan. This is the one many were predicting would be worse than the credit crunch And it is here. We’re just not feeling it full force, like a person with stage 4 terminal cancer that feels “a bit off”.

https://grandpappy.org/eonehour.htm


30 posted on 04/06/2020 5:13:00 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: MrEdd

Did you read the entire article or just the excerpt? Later in the article, the author said that the Trump guidelines were not the “economy killer”, rather he lays the blame on governors (mostly Democrat” who decided to play “I can be a bigger Nazi than you can”. His more important point is that even Fauci doesn’t believe in the models he references, but rammed them down Trump’s and our throats anyway. There are plenty of credible medical scientists who who seriously question the models which now are threatening to extinguish constitutional liberties and prosperity. However, they are hectored by statists everywhere. Sadly there seem to be quite a few statists here.

One parting thought: Almost all scientists attached to academia and government are leftists. Change my mind.


31 posted on 04/06/2020 5:15:03 AM PDT by TheConservativeBanker
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To: Vaquero

And ran for the bunkers and let the governments take control of every asset of our lives.


32 posted on 04/06/2020 5:15:05 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible predicted these type of days. Pray to the LORD GOD for mercy on this Republic.)
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To: Kaslin

Do these people get paid by the word?


33 posted on 04/06/2020 5:15:24 AM PDT by McGruff (It came from China)
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To: dforest

Who wrote the art of the comeback? Who’d you rather have? Trump or demented Joe


34 posted on 04/06/2020 5:15:48 AM PDT by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: dforest

This animated graph will show you why we are screwed.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1246548366454149120


35 posted on 04/06/2020 5:17:01 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: ilgipper

Governors because state medical capacities have been up to them. Trying to stay one step ahead of the lynch mobs.


36 posted on 04/06/2020 5:17:16 AM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: Kaslin

When President Trump announces it is time to go back to work the media will shift and claim it is too soon and he is putting people at risk.

My take on the situation is that we (the nation, the government) needed time. The only way to slow the spread of the virus until we were better prepared to handled it was to build a fire break, removing fuel for the virus to spread. By encouraging people to stay home and not go out created such a fire break.

I suspect that the stay at home orders will soon be lifted with advice that we maintain a social distance, wear mask, wash hands often.

These measures will be dropped as the virus runs it’s course and medication becomes available.

Prediction - when someone calls in sick no one will question it.


37 posted on 04/06/2020 5:19:54 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Kaslin

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!

7:55 AM · Apr 6, 202

The guy is working his @ss of for us.


38 posted on 04/06/2020 5:21:28 AM PDT by McGruff (It came from China)
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To: cuban leaf

Most of the jobs will return. We really won’t know the exact impact to jobs lost until the states and big cities start opening up again.


39 posted on 04/06/2020 5:22:48 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: dforest

The governors closed the states. Some of them are still open


40 posted on 04/06/2020 5:27:13 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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