Even Tom Cotton, ultra-conservative right-wing extremist senator from Arkansas, is now calling for a guaranteed monthly income for as long as the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) threat continues. (Of course, he is up for re-election this year and suddenly is remembering the interests of his constituents.) Government is the enemy and a social safety net is the “red menace” until we need for “we the people to come together to solve common problems that are greater than what we can solve individually or through unregulated “free” markets (well, except when top elites demand socialism for the rich in the form of corporate welfare and tax giveaways to the few richest elites.
Interesting to note that during the 1918 H1N1 pandemic (then called the Spanish Flu), we had a Democratic president (Woodrow Wilson) and we did not have an economic collapse.
During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic (now renamed the Swine Flu), followed by Ebola and Zika, we had a Democratic president (Barack Obama) and we did not have an economic collapse.
Those who appreciate the role of public policy is preventing and solving public health issues recognize that public health is not socialism, it is public protection.
Even Tom Cotton, ultra-conservative right-wing extremist senator from Arkansas, is now calling for a guaranteed monthly income for as long as the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) threat continues. (Of course, he is up for re-election this year and suddenly is remembering the interests of his constituents.) Government is the enemy and a social safety net is the “red menace” until we need for “we the people to come together to solve common problems that are greater than what we can solve individually or through unregulated “free” markets (well, except when top elites demand socialism for the rich in the form of corporate welfare and tax giveaways to the few richest elites.
Interesting to note that during the 1918 H1N1 pandemic (then called the Spanish Flu), we had a Democratic president (Woodrow Wilson) and we did not have an economic collapse.
During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic (now renamed the Swine Flu), followed by Ebola and Zika, we had a Democratic president (Barack Obama) and we did not have an economic collapse.
Those who appreciate the role of public policy is preventing and solving public health issues recognize that public health is not socialism, it is public protection.