[big_chungus]

Where do you get that conclusion? You think crashing the economy won't hurt people?

> Shame on you.

Seriously?

[lgleason]

I agree, things get heated when people start to moralize about things without considering the other side. On one hand, people affected by a death or very sick family member are going to feel one way, especially if they are not feeling a lot of economic pain. That said a small restaurant owner, or worker who is living on the edge who is facing the real possibility of losing everything is, understandably going to feel differently. Both have VERY valid points and there is not an easy answer because both options have very bad outcomes for a group of people.

[big_chungus]

There's also a third group with an equally-valid point: the people who don't want to pay for any of it. I think they've gotten drowned out by the others.

[jahaja]

Yes, seriously. You're willing to sacrifice a million people to keep your house of cards economy going instead of fixing the root cause. To add insult to injury you want to shrink the state, thus collective resources, even more and calling every citizen of the US welfare queens? What the hell?

This is some fundamentalist "the cause justify the means" bullshit. An economy that requires 1 million in human sacrifice during a crisis is nothing to keep around. Not to mention the already ~60k/year that dies due to lack of healthcare access because people like you want to keep the welfare state to this non-functioning minimum.

[dang]

> You're willing to sacrifice a million people to keep your house of cards economy going

This breaks the site guidelines, which include:

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

I realize the GP comment was provocative but taking this big a step into total flamewar makes things clearly worse. Please don't do that here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[big_chungus]

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