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Jeoffry Gordon, MD, MPH's avatar

The Sahm rule would be great except we have a whole political party devoted to eliminating the "undeserving poor" rather than providing for their basic protection and human needs. There are also lots of new data that basic cash income is more effective than agency programs in promoting quality of life for poor families. Have you considered that in the back room the ARP was designed mainly to prevent food riots on the streets of America?

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Mladen's avatar

It's funny how you frame the Covid sentences without pointing out the accountability. It is specific policies in response to Covid that caused the downturn. You are stating it like all policies were automatic consequences of Covid as if there were no choices and better thought out alternatives. This avoids dealing with the policy maker's accountability.

It was clear when Delta came that the available vaccines wouldn't be able to stop the spread. This changed what is possible to achieve, and trying to do what is impossible always has a cost.

Not being able to scrutinize such mistakes of the past sets the stage for future misjudgment, without accountability.

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