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2.  As for BC, your "we're not all in this together" example is just one of many.  The other is employed telling the unemployed (or soon-to-be unemployed) that we're all in this together.  The resentment is 100% understandable, and I believe the 'we're all in this together' messaging, though well-intentioned, was ill-advised.  I really do put a lot of messaging blame on departing president.  If he did nothing else other than set the tone and expectations - and be consistent about it - then the country's psyche would be less frayed.  At least, that's what my gut tells me.

Your points are well-taken.  I mean, my own brother works in on-premise sales (sales to bars and restaurants) for a liquor distibutorship and was furloughed from March to July and then laid off until September when he was re-hired.  Since a lot of his earnings are based on commission, even though he is working again, he is making a fraction of his pre-pandemic earnings.  And being in sales, he is watching firsthand the devastation that the pandemic is briging upon the hospitality business in San Diego.

It would help if our dysfunctional congress could get more relief out the door for the people who are suffering the worst effects of the pandemic.  Not that we can't borrow the money at record low interest rates, but I certainly wouldn't mind if my taxes had a "we're all in this together pandemic surcharge" to cover the costs of supporting people through the worst.  I've also done my best to support local businesses when I can.  I won't eat for a sit down dinner (even outdoors), but I have been doing a fair bit of take out; probably more than I did pre-pandemic.  And I've made an effort to find local stores that ship their goods (local being broadly defined as Northern California) instead of defaulting to Amazon.

Lastly, the thing that would help all the hard-hit industries most would be for us to crush the virus.  There is a pretty strong correlation between the number of deaths and the economic devastation.  In countries like Taiwan and South Korea, where the virus is well under control, life has returned to normal with the exception of foreign tourism.

BC

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2.  As for BC, your "we're not all in this together" example is just one of many.  The other is employed telling the unemployed (or soon-to-be unemployed) that we're all in this together.  The resentment is 100% understandable, and I believe the 'we're all in this together' messaging, though well-intentioned, was ill-advised.  I really do put a lot of messaging blame on departing president.  If he did nothing else other than set the tone and expectations - and be consistent about it - then the country's psyche would be less frayed.  At least, that's what my gut tells me.

Your points are well-taken.  I mean, my own brother works in on-premise sales (sales to bars and restaurants) for a liquor distibutorship and was furloughed from March to July and then laid off until September when he was re-hired.  Since a lot of his earnings are based on commission, even though he is working again, he is making a fraction of his pre-pandemic earnings.  And being in sales, he is watching firsthand the devastation that the pandemic is briging upon the hospitality business in San Diego.

It would help if our dysfunctional congress could get more relief out the door for the people who are suffering the worst effects of the pandemic.  Not that we can't borrow the money at record low interest rates, but I certainly wouldn't mind if my taxes had a "we're all in this together pandemic surcharge" to cover the costs of supporting people through the worst.  I've also done my best to support local businesses when I can.  I won't eat for a sit down dinner (even outdoors), but I have been doing a fair bit of take out; probably more than I did pre-pandemic.  And I've made an effort to find local stores that ship their goods (local being broadly defined as Northern California) instead of defaulting to Amazon.

Lastly, the thing that would help all the hard-hit industries most would be for us to crush the virus.  There is a pretty strong correlation between the number of deaths and the economic devastation.  In countries like Taiwan and South Korea, where the virus is well under control, life has returned to normal with the exception of foreign tourism.

BC