[Oldeconomybuyer]

[madison10]

Better us than Iran, I guess.

[Savage Beast]

Trump's judgment is excellent. He will preserve businesses and the welfare of their employees until this crisis is over, and--he's absolutely right!--on the other side, the economy will roar back stronger than ever.

Fortunately, thanks to Trump and his genius, the US economy is the strongest in the world, and we can afford this.

This crisis is temporary.

The Trump Economy is sound.

Trump is a genius.

(On the other hand, the last thing we need is a large number of desperate, unemployed, impoverished people, especially if vital resources are scarce!)

[AnotherUnixGeek]

President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid - including direct checks to Americans - an effort unseen since the Great Recession

Well, at least this time it sounds like some of our tax dollars might come back our way instead of straight to the coffers of Goldman Sachs and Citibank. Our politicians and media create a hysterical reaction to what seems to something similar to SARS or H1N1, and we need to go into recession and hoarding to deal with it.

[Regulator]

The real cost of mass third world immigration, offshoring and outsourcing becomes apparent

As if 9/11 wasn’t enough to convince our ruling class to lock down

[InterceptPoint]

I expect an expansion of the debt of about 2 $trillion this year.

Normal business: 1 $trillion
Coronavirus: 1 $trillion

1+1=2, as always.

[JudyinCanada]

No problem. As of Dec. 2019, America owed China $1.07 trillion dollars. There’s a bit left to spend, then deduct it from monies owing.

[gloryblaze]

Nice theory, but for the problem of having our economies too entangled with each other. They have aces up their sleeves to play, too. Dealing with “the China problem” was one of the biggest reasons I supported Trump. Now, with this tragedy, we may actually make real progress, but it will be hard, very hard. And not fast.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

All the measures I’ve been reading about? They’ll blow through $1T in nothing flat. Expect $2T.

[Fido969]

How are they going to know where to send the check? Not everyone makes enough money to file a tax return. It’s creepy that they would know where everyone lives.

And what about homeless people? Are they going to get a check too? I’m sure they need it.

Although it would start quite a run on the liquor stores.

[TexasFreeper2009]

this is what government is for. I 100% approve.

[Brian Griffin]

Bernie, stand aside, Trump is going to buy more votes.

[montag813]

Not supporting this cash distribution, at this time, but I do find it interesting that "conservatives" -- including myself -- did not bat an eye as the retard George W. Bush spent TRILLIONS on his stupid "wars" (with no objective or end game) in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And then Obama continued them and spent trillions more. $700 billion every year as well just for the "defense" budget, so much of it wasted defending other sovereign (and often wealthy) nations, often against non-existent "threats".

How much would we save with a complete withdrawl from Iraq, Afghanistan and Europe, and couldn't that be used to pay down the debt or reimburse taxpayers?

[mewzilla]

Here’s something I could get behind: Federally subsidized business interruption insurance, especially for small biz.

[DoodleDawg]

“We want to go big,” Trump said at a White House briefing.

Not much bigger than a $2 trillion to $3 trillion budget deficit.

[mulligan]

Very unwise.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That means it’s going to be $10,000,000,000,000.

[cp124]

So what if a $100 bill = $1