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How many workers should give their lives to increase the GDP
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:26 am
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:26 am
Sen Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had a tense exchange during a Tuesday hearing when the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee asked whether people were being pushed to go back to work amid a pandemic to boost stock markets.
Brown argued that people were being pushed “back into the workplace” with “no national program to provide worker safety.”
“How many workers should give their lives to increase the [gross domestic product], or the Dow Jones by 1,000 points,” Brown asked Mnuchin during a virtual hearing with the secretary and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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“No workers should give their lives to do that, Mr. Senator, and I think your characterization is unfair,” Mnuchin replied, adding that the Trump administration has “provided enormous amounts of equipment” to protect workers.
Brown’s question came after Mnuchin stressed the importance of “bringing people back to work in a safe way” as the pandemic pushed the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent in April and wiped out at least 21.4 million jobs since March, according to Labor Department data.
“It is important to realize that the large number represents real people,” Mnuchin said in his opening statement. LINK
Brown argued that people were being pushed “back into the workplace” with “no national program to provide worker safety.”
“How many workers should give their lives to increase the [gross domestic product], or the Dow Jones by 1,000 points,” Brown asked Mnuchin during a virtual hearing with the secretary and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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“No workers should give their lives to do that, Mr. Senator, and I think your characterization is unfair,” Mnuchin replied, adding that the Trump administration has “provided enormous amounts of equipment” to protect workers.
Brown’s question came after Mnuchin stressed the importance of “bringing people back to work in a safe way” as the pandemic pushed the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent in April and wiped out at least 21.4 million jobs since March, according to Labor Department data.
“It is important to realize that the large number represents real people,” Mnuchin said in his opening statement. LINK
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Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:27 am to Jbird
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:27 am to Jbird
This is a prog/corporate America talking point that I've been seeing pushed quite a bit lately.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:30 am to Mo Jeaux
If we stay closed much longer, you won't be able to call them "workers" any more, so there's that.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:30 am to Jbird
If those workers don't want to work because they are scared of the virus, then THOSE workers can stay home.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:31 am to Jbird
The bad thing is we're going socialist at some point. It was a nice run and I'm glad I got to live most of my life free.
Thankfully our founders gave us a way to go out the way free people choose to.
Thankfully our founders gave us a way to go out the way free people choose to.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:31 am to Mo Jeaux
I am getting sick of these no good mother frickers. I will fly my Trump and Republican flag on a daily basis when it comes in.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:31 am to Jbird
Its not workers giving their lives. The overwhelming majority of the people dying are retired with pre-existing conditions.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:32 am to Jbird
quote:Yeah. I'll bet Ohio is real proud of electing that piece of garbage.
Sen Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:32 am to Jbird
So when is Brown cutting checks to support out of work people?
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:33 am to Mo Jeaux
How many workers have to give their lives to prevent societal collapse?
How many people would roll the dice to prevent their family's economic situation to be destroyed?
Life is dangerous.
If you are independently wealthy, chill. Stay safe.
Otherwise most of us are going to want to work.
Oh life isn't fair?
Exactly. It's not fair.
How many people would roll the dice to prevent their family's economic situation to be destroyed?
Life is dangerous.
If you are independently wealthy, chill. Stay safe.
Otherwise most of us are going to want to work.
Oh life isn't fair?
Exactly. It's not fair.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:34 am to Mo Jeaux
Providing for your family is now just helping the GDP and stock market according to flabby, smarmy liberals
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:34 am to ninthward
Without commerce there is no health care, for any disease.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:34 am to Jbird
Mnuchin should have asked him how many suicides from economic induced depression and deaths from delayed medical care is he will accept?
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:35 am to Jbird
This has become the new argument, but even the Denver Subreddit (one of the most liberal social media outlets out there) is pushing back.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:35 am to Jbird
Brown’s solution to this is to severely cut down the number of workers in this country?
That has a few possible end results.
One- the economy is the shits until people come back
Two- a lot of businesses learn to cope with reduced employees and are hesitant to bring back a lot of the people on unemployment.
While that creates potential Dem voters, it’s the shits for the country and workers.
That has a few possible end results.
One- the economy is the shits until people come back
Two- a lot of businesses learn to cope with reduced employees and are hesitant to bring back a lot of the people on unemployment.
While that creates potential Dem voters, it’s the shits for the country and workers.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:36 am to zeebo
quote:Brownie thinks the Government can do that thank you very much!
Without commerce there is no health care, for any disease.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:36 am to Jbird
quote:
How many workers should give their lives to increase the GDP
Let's start with the 500+ in Congress and see how it goes
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:36 am to Jbird
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“How many workers should give their lives to increase the [gross domestic product], or the Dow Jones by 1,000 points,”
I don’t know the number, but let’s multiply it by 10.
Posted on 5/19/20 at 10:36 am to Jbird
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How many workers should give their lives to increase the GDP
Correction: How many workers should give their lives to remain closed?
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