Boris Is Positive As Coronavirus Stalks Downing Street. Spain Has Deadliest Day Yet. ‘America First.’
“I was at a hospital where I think a few there were actually coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody.”
Category: politics
US Passes China For Most Coronavirus Cases During Trump Press Conference
“You don’t know what the numbers are in China.”
Donald Trump Has A Virus Plan.
“A number of our fellow citizens have tragically succumbed to its ravages, while many more are fighting for their lives.”
Stephanie Kelton: This Is The Lesson Of The $2 Trillion Virus Stimulus Bill….
“The reality is that there is almost always enough slack in the economy to allow for an expansion of federal spending (or tax cuts) without offsets”.
Going ‘Through Hell’
Meanwhile, on the pandemic front…
$2 Trillion.
“Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely”.
‘There Will Be Tremendous Death’: Trump Warns Of Dire Consequences From Economic Shutdown
“That doesn’t mean we’re going to tell everybody no more driving”.
‘Difficult Tradeoffs’
“We can’t shut the economy”.
Global Crisis Rolls On: Nearly 1 In 4 Americans Locked Down, Italy Shuts Production, Bezos Says Amazon ‘Critical’
“This is the most difficult crisis in our post-war period”.
Stephanie Kelton: ‘The Same Computer That Works For Large Banks Is There For Main Street As Well’
“This is as good a moment as any for the American people to learn where money comes from.”
New York, London On Lockdown. Deaths In Italy Surge. More Banks See ‘Severe’ Global Recession
“If this doesn’t work, we’re going to keep doing it until we get this going”.
$850 Billion.
Governments are under pressure to do something – anything.
Cliff Asness: ‘There Is Not A Purely Libertarian Solution To The Coronavirus’
“We need, and I don’t think I’ve ever said this before, fiscal help.”
It’ll ‘Wash Through’
America now has a virus relief “plan” – courtesy of Nancy Pelosi and Steve Mnuchin.