Thank you for sending this John.

DEAR JOHN:

YOU ARE JUST REPEATING WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SAYING MUCH EARLIER!! AND WHY DID YOU NOT GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR HIS SUPER GREAT FAST ACTION??? HE IS PROBABLY THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER AS HE DID NOT COME OUT OF THE SWAMP. HOPEFULLY HE WILL GET RID OF MANY MORE SWAMP CREATURES, ESPECIALLY IN FBI, JUSTICE, ETC. HOPEFULLY AMERICANS WILL REALIZE DEMOCRATS ARE ALL SWAMP CREATURES AND NOT ELECT ONE IN 2020. THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE HUGE LIARS.

YORS FOR TRUTH IN POLITICS,

JAMES SHUTIAK CA Exec.MBA CMC CFE CPA (RETIRED)

I can see your negative feelings, based on the links you’ve provided.  However they are based on assumptions which may not be valid.

Satellite photos of Wuhan before and after the onset of the virus show that it was a center of great pollution, making part of the comparison to the US valid only for those areas with high pollution, not for the vast majority on the US which is non-industrial.

Also, in 2018 (latest numbers available) about 2.8 million folks died in the US, about 90% of them in the 75+ age group.  As the current virus has the most devastating effect on this age group (89% on Italian deaths are age 70+), it seems that 1 million deaths in the Us would mostly be among those who would have died from other causes this year anyhow.

This is not to overlook an issue that needs to be faced, but closing down the economy can be more of a hindrance than a help.  Not to overlook the “socialization” of our government by taking over our liberty.  I agree with Ben Franklin “Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither”.

Part of the healing system I use also tests emotions and I know John feels a little gloomy.  I treated John and hopefully he will feel better day.

May be too late but getting behind Mario Rubio’s plan to make loans that become grants to keep people at work makes great sense since gov’t will incur cost anyway via unemployment insurance. Use banks, credit unions and other financial providers as they are already on front lines dealing with businesses. SBA and Unemployment offices will never keep up. Also keeping people employed keeps healthcare in place for employer provided plans. Do for all businesses

Occurs to me if a country of over 1.4 billion can keep this thing at bay as they did during their biggest travel period of the year, then there is hope and perhaps a lesson in there for everyone.

Time for the US to show some of that world renowned American ingenuity. The alternative isn’t pretty….

I am not a doctor but have studied alternative healing as a hobby since 1969.  There is something called NAET that treats the electrical part of the body and uses muscle testing to determine sickness.  I know it works as I have kept myself well and helped friends for years. It is my hobby.  It can detect the virus while still in incubation before any signs are seen.  A treatment can be done in 15 minutes and in some cases in one minute.  It works on the electrical system God put in our bodies and it WORKS. It is 90% prayer and it works. You dont even have to be with the person you are treating. I agree, I thought this was crazy too until I saw it work 100s of times.  I check about 200 friends and associates every night to make sure they aren’t infected.  Am I 100% sure this will work on this virus; I am NOT but time will tell.  I will trust it until it fails.  Now here is one strange thing.  In my research every person who has tested positive per medical testing also has an allergy to the Australia wild fires.  Those are just the published names I have seen.  I noticed a few people with that allergy a few weeks ago and maybe it weakened their bodies making them targets for this virus. My studies continue and I hope to have good results which will help all of us.  Ok; you just a comment from a weird guy or a fellow who knows our Lord has simple answers to all our complex problems and has the answers in place before we need them. He wants you well. One last thought.  Our emotions effect our electrical system thereby weakening our immune system and fear can cause us to get sick. I pray all of you dont get sick and recover all your financial losses.

We can and should do whatever takes - in the short term, as TEMPORARY measures.  What is unacceptable - impossible in fact - is to shut down virtually our entire economy for 12-18 months or longer - indefinitely in fact - as the Huffington Post article seems to suggest.

John, your war analogy is appropriate.  In war, you have to win.  “Winning” in this case means maintaining the United States of America as a relatively free and independent constitutional republic with a functioning economy that can ensure the welfare of its citizens to the greatest extent possible.  In war, casualties are inevitable, and a strategy that attempts as its PRIMARY objective to minimize casualties at all costs is one of the best ways I know of to bring about defeat, not victory.  While not agreeing entirely with the post by Mr. Morgan above, I must concede he has an arguable point. 

We seek a cure - but not one that ends up being worse than the disease.  (Doctor, the operation was a success - but the patient died ;-)

Hi John,

When you write “we should forget about balancing the budget”, I am afraid you are losing your grip on reality.

Balancing the budget?

In a country running 1 trillion deficits when its economy is supposedly at its strongest!

So now, it’s going to be 2 or 3 trillion deficits, as far as the eye can see.

And what about these congratulations of yours to the Fed?

Please explain how zero interest rates, or +5% or - 5% rates for that matter, are going to change anything for the now closed small businesses, the millions of unemployed and of course the sick?

Is the banking cartel going to lower interest rates on credit cards from 15% to 1.5%?

You bet!

Instead of throwing money like mad to the markets (let them die once and for all), the money should have been directed exclusively to the healthcare.

Now we are in a typical case of the remedy being worse than the problem.

While few people are going to be really sick from the virus, and for a relatively short period, legions are going to greatly suffer from the economic collapse, for years to come.

Think about it and please remove the rose colored glasses.

Europe and Japan were very close from recession and the US was cutting interest rates, printing money like mad, and running huge deficits, BEFORE the virus was even there!

How do you think this moribund economy is going to absorb the equivalent of a prolonged cardiac arrest?

One the main issues with cardiac arrests is that while the heart is not pumping, organic tissue is destroyed.

It is very much the same for the economy… it is actually getting destroyed, worldwide!

We are not talking about recession or depression, but rather about annihilation!

Finally, you don’t mention it, but we can guess that you have put a complete stop to your frequent travelling.

Have a nice time in Puerto Rico then.

Bruno

WAR. The WW2 Atom bomb ultimately saved many more lives than it took and ended the crises.