JP writes…

I find your articles very interesting and cannot find fault with your arguments. I was leery about what I thought was an overreaction to COVID-19 at first. However, after the situation in Italy, I started to drift in the other direction. And then, the massive government campaign to throw money at the problem started. Now, it appears to me that the government is taking an insane politically driven path that could possibly be triggering a major collapse of our economy!

For example, the proposal of giving a payment of $1,000 per taxpayer who can show that they were financially damaged by the loss of a job (Romney’s idea) does not make rational fiscal sense. That is not enough money to do anything of consequence on an individual basis. Financial responsibility to plan for economic emergencies should, for the most part, lay with the individual and their state unemployment office. Perhaps the best way to handle the present fiasco is to have the federal government assist the state unemployment funds and not just blanket the map with handouts.

Overall, we as a nation, are sinking deeper in debt to the point of possible insolvency! I have to wonder if this scenario is being manipulated with ill intent, or, if it is following a historic pattern in human behavior as noted in the book titled, “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.”

At the moment, I think the Government cure just might be worse than the disease. I also think that we need the scope of the problem rationally defined to help tone down the hysteria. The news media acts more like a “Barker for the Yak Woman” at the county fair than as news agencies.

Well, that is my take on things. I am going to maintain my health and keep a positive attitude and hope like hell our country, and all the other countries affected, recover quickly. My best to you!

JI writes…

“I am so freaking DONE with purveyors of fear porn, be they part of the D/S/C media complex on the left who want to hurt Trump, or the hard righters who seem to LOVE the whole idea of the zombie apocalypse and keep doubling down on the doom and gloom and catastrophizing. They are creating the problem.”

AH writes: Amen JI ! ! !  I like your term “fear porn”…very accurate! I see your point clearly…the hard right and some whacked preppers seem to have gone over the cliff…just like sheeple.

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This is another new category of the website that I thought might be a good addition. Here I will post feedback and comments from website users that I feel has “value” for everyone…or at least some. And yes, I am the one to assess the “value” based purely on my opinion of the feedback/comment content. I hope I do a good job for you and give you a space where you are welcome to get out your message.

JL writes…

I believe your comments to the FAQ’s are all dead on! However, keep in mind, it is easy for the unprepared to become fooled and follow false leaders. When you have no basic understanding of mob mentality, you just become part of the mob. I believe those who are prepared, or who have lived their lives in a constant state of preparing, are less likely to be lured into panic buying or to be swayed with false promises and bad information. When Ye are Prepared, Ye shall not Fear! Lack of knowledge, when combined with lack of supplies, can only add fuel to fear and panic.

Thank you for sharing, hopefully some in the “tribe”, will find value in the comments I made.

On a side note, I stopped by our local Costco, Big Lots Store, and Walmart, just to observe things. I believe there is less panic shopping going on here. Shelves are still bare of long team dried foods, TP and sanitizer, but there is milk, eggs, butter, meat products in the meat cases and some bottled water on the shelves. I think things in this area are improving from what I saw just a few days ago, as shelves where nearly bare of these essential fresh food items.

I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of small business failures. I see the same concerns expressed by my small business friends in this area. They are not prepared to keep their doors open, feeding overhead costs out of their own pocket, while sales are in the tank. Consumers are nervous, holding on to their cash, for fear they may be out of work themselves. There is much uncertainty, due to the quarantines and shelter-in-place recommendations being bandied about.

Oh, we live in interesting times!
Stay positive, stay strong, this too will pass!

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