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Mar 24, 2020
10:57:45pm

Sumguy Project

It’s time for the social safety net to catch you.

Goldman Sachs predicts 2.25 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims this week, the highest on record

Americans are starting to lose their jobs in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and economists expect it's only going to get worse from here. And quickly, too.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/economy/unemployment-benefits-goldman-sachs/index.html

Also, your flu stats are totally made up.

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Utah's plan.... How are people not talking about this?

Cougar TD

3/24/20 8:32pm

I posted about it earlier. We are in this for a long haul

macdizzle

3/24/20 8:34pm

I missed it... My bad. I'm just shocked

Cougar TD

3/24/20 8:36pm

My guess is he wanted to under promise and over deliver

macdizzle

3/24/20 8:40pm

That’s what they said two weeks ago.

OceanMang

3/24/20 8:45pm

Why say anything? Why give a timeline? Why not just say: This is fluid and we

Preppy

3/24/20 8:55pm

Because business owners need to make plans based on timelines

Hypnotoad

3/24/20 9:09pm

I think it’s better to have a plan with measurable goals and timelines

macdizzle

3/24/20 9:15pm

So earliest we see relaxing of preventive inmeasures is early May?

SMITTY

3/24/20 8:34pm

Yep... I'm honestly freaking out. I don't see a positive result here. Millions

Cougar TD

3/24/20 8:37pm

Agreed.

Misteak

3/24/20 8:41pm

And millions will get different jobs, get more education, and learn from this.

Extra Biscuits

3/24/20 11:26pm

It says 8-12 weeks and yet he announced schools are out until 1 May - essentially only six weeks.

SpiffCoug

3/24/20 8:38pm

I expect that to change in a week to the rest of the school year

Cougar TD

3/24/20 8:44pm

Probably. Wouldn't surprise me. But at least the May 1 date, gave them time to let things develop, gather data, see how

SpiffCoug

3/24/20 10:38pm

7 weeks of school dismissal, and that's if they don't extend it.

jreid191

3/24/20 9:41pm

I’ll be dead by then.

Brigham

3/24/20 8:36pm

Nothing is in stone. They can re-evaluate at any time. I think there will be

777

3/24/20 8:41pm

I really, really hope so, but I'm not thinking it will happen.

Cougar TD

3/24/20 8:45pm

Trump will set the tone by Easter. If states want to be dumb and destroy their

777

3/24/20 8:48pm

Yet they are idiots calling for longer shut downs and more restrictions. I

Cougar TD

3/24/20 8:57pm

Please explain how that would work?

Stalwartbob

3/24/20 9:02pm

well, kinda. If people can go to work, then people get paid . If people get

Preppy

3/24/20 9:05pm

At the community level and small business, absolutely makes a difference

777

3/24/20 9:08pm

Las Vegas has an economy that is totally dependent on tourists.

Stalwartbob

3/24/20 9:22pm

You haven't answered the question. Is the business on the strip better

777

3/24/20 9:35pm

You seem to think that the small businesses will all be happy to open

Stalwartbob

3/24/20 9:57pm

RE: You seem to think that the small businesses will all be happy to open

777

3/24/20 10:33pm

Isn’t the Senate currently planningon printing Trillons of dollars to help them?

Stalwartbob

3/25/20 8:46am

I’m hoping they exercise the flexibility option week to week.

monteburns

3/24/20 8:43pm

It will kill the virus and every person.just drop a bomb.

Mister P

3/24/20 8:46pm

Seriously... Just get it over

Cougar TD

3/24/20 8:56pm

People won't do it. They just won't. Many already aren't.

cracka

3/24/20 8:53pm

This is very true.

Preppy

3/24/20 9:01pm

I saw clips from Fox News at patients' homes today...the tone from the the Trump

Preppy

3/24/20 8:58pm

Trump just earned my vote... Everyone seems insane next to him

Cougar TD

3/24/20 9:03pm

Trump cares about the economy because a bad economy is a loss in the election.

Oatmeal

3/24/20 9:25pm

And a huge death toll isn’t? He’s in a lose-lose situation. But

Misteak

3/24/20 9:31pm

Yikes, lol

Deleted

3/24/20 9:36pm

Introducing our 4-6 year plan to get people back to work....

Pro Logic

3/24/20 8:58pm

This is economically infeasible

BYU'01

3/24/20 9:19pm

Crazy talk. If we don’t use our stored up hospital

Rhino84

3/24/20 9:24pm

And I'll be voting for Greg Hughes

MaxxPower

3/24/20 9:24pm

Gary is a nice guy

AZ Coug

3/24/20 9:34pm

He’s absolutely in way over his head.

Bostonblue

3/24/20 10:04pm

Based on what?

Sumguy

3/24/20 10:48pm

Why?

Benfica1

3/25/20 12:04am

He’s absolutely being more thoughtful about this

coolcats

3/25/20 6:11am

Not really. I'm sure all leaders are weighing the options.

Benfica1

3/25/20 8:23am

If Utah’s plan takes this long we’re talking seriously delaying things till fall

1984coug

3/24/20 9:36pm

This makes me really dislike Herbert and Cox. Moronic.

Bostonblue

3/24/20 10:03pm

I was all in on cox. This will make me look elsewhere

maxpowers

3/24/20 11:02pm

Utah fatality rate .35%, 1 death. We furloughed 400 employees from our

Jasbo

3/24/20 10:31pm

*restaurant group last week. Many are already in a world of hurt. Herbert truly

Jasbo

3/24/20 10:35pm

Apply for your unemployment checks

Sumguy

3/24/20 10:57pm

Some may need to just defy these orders as they are not constitutional

Trent

3/24/20 11:43pm

I don't live in Utah

Kerbouchard

3/24/20 10:51pm

Thanks for your contribution to the conversation

maxpowers

3/24/20 11:05pm

Good luck in California

Cougar TD

3/24/20 11:10pm

26-36 week plan. Great, just in time for Thanksgiving! This is so depressing...

The_Minister

3/24/20 11:48pm

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