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 Midlands Eagle  29 Mar 20 5.04pm |
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
Why do i have a feeling the government is going to use the corona virus to implement new taxes under the guise of national emergency. Bigger Property taxes, bigger death taxes and so on.this will be stomached by the public as they will want to get back to normal. Those taxes will then be the norm! Where do you think that the money is going to come from to pay for all of this emergency funding
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| dannyboy1978 29 Mar 20 5.11pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
Where do you think that the money is going to come from to pay for all of this emergency funding Foreign aid, tax the rich to 55%, cancel hs2,
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 29 Mar 20 5.20pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
That kind of hasn't happened in Japan though...but I do somewhat accept that my approach isn't perfect....I don't think that exists as an option. They have organised hundreds of thousands of idealogs to help the NHS in a matter of days. We are correctly building provision in. What we think won't matter...I guess we will watch it all unfold. Edited by Stirlingsays (29 Mar 2020 2.43pm) But Japan has perfect hygiene and obedience as you say, and therefore will be a factor in their health system not being overrun. I just do not see your solution as being anything than premature. I agree on your intention and goal, just not yet. Japan as you say are perfect and dealing with it perfectly. You know Britain and the western world isn’t, and you know that too, yet you want us to wind into Japanese mode in days or weeks. Waste of emotion hoping there. Edited by Rudi Hedman (29 Mar 2020 5.42pm)
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 29 Mar 20 5.24pm |
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Originally posted by the silurian
still at it with the insults I see wissyboy, why not take your own advice and do something 'important'?? Read the comment I was responding to! I was merely picking up on that with my tongue firmly in my cheek. Maybe you are an American and irony escapes you though!
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| Midlands Eagle 29 Mar 20 5.32pm |
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Originally posted by dannyboy1978
Foreign aid, tax the rich to 55%, cancel hs2, That will raise nowhere near enough and the taxes on foreign owned property and second properties are probably unworkable anyway
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 29 Mar 20 5.39pm |
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Originally posted by Goal Machine
Which were these, out of interest? I’m in my 30’s and never seen anything like it. My feelings are that the lockdown is a temporary measure which might last another 4 weeks, simply to slow down the virus so that the NHS can cope and save more lives. After this period I think we’ll gradually see businesses returning to normal but under social distancing rules. This current harsh lockdown will act as a shock factor to scare people into respecting the social distancing rules. It can’t be too many months until we have a herd immunity which will feel like the end. Edited by Goal Machine (29 Mar 2020 1.34pm) I agree with this analysis. The brakes will come off slowly and in a controlled and measured way. Remote working and schooling will continue where it can. The old and vulnerable will continue to be asked to stay at home and maintain distance if they must go out. Mass gatherings won't start until it's defeated. Sport will go online behind closed doors. The economy hasn't stopped. Some of it is paused. The demand is there and will be met, perhaps with a rush once it is released. For many months we will be using the social distancing and hygiene habits we will by then we used to but the wheels will start to turn a little faster. The worry is the debt burden that we, and many others, now face. That could have a severe impact for many years.
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 29 Mar 20 5.40pm |
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Originally posted by Goal Machine
I’m well aware of the Spanish Flu, however this was 100 years ago and things were of course very different then - medicine, technology, NHS service, hygiene etc. We far more advanced to deal with this today. Humans are intelligent and adaptable and technology is excellent. Moat office jobs can be done from home, restaurants and small businesses will suffer short term but new inventive business ventures will crop up. Once this is over, there will be will still be a gap in the market for these businesses to return. It will be a short blip in the economy. If we can keep below 30,000 deaths in the UK that’s a good result. In my opinion, the government have handled it well so far, but can see it becoming an issue if the lockdown continues for too long. The government have not issued safety wear for care workers which is absolutely disgusting and no excuse for, my wife is at risk every time she goes to work still which was last friday! she had nothing at all to help her from being infected and we have known about this virus since December last year and not only that the whole world has been aware of this sort of thing happening and it appears nobody has made any attempt to be remotely ready just in case it did! The lockdown will last till the day we discover a vaccine, so it will be for probably about one year, they have been telling us three months to not cause pandemonium, if they told us to stay at home for twelve they'd be a few problems won't there, the second they let people out to mingle again this virus is not going to hold it's hands up and say fair game you've got me you damn humans. The object is to have enough of us to become immune to be able to run and organise everyone else, people who die in order to achieve this is sadly collateral.
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 29 Mar 20 6.09pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
I agree with this analysis. The brakes will come off slowly and in a controlled and measured way. Remote working and schooling will continue where it can. The old and vulnerable will continue to be asked to stay at home and maintain distance if they must go out. Mass gatherings won't start until it's defeated. Sport will go online behind closed doors. The economy hasn't stopped. Some of it is paused. The demand is there and will be met, perhaps with a rush once it is released. For many months we will be using the social distancing and hygiene habits we will by then we used to but the wheels will start to turn a little faster. The worry is the debt burden that we, and many others, now face. That could have a severe impact for many years. A vaccine will be the only way to bring this virus down and under control ..how long is a piece of string? and because the whole world is in the same mess the debt is possibly something that could be vetted out collectively, everyone should give their bill to China anyway considering their disgusting behaviour towards hygiene over food caused this outbreak.
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| the silurian The garden of England.(not really) 29 Mar 20 6.22pm |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
Read the comment I was responding to! I was merely picking up on that with my tongue firmly in my cheek. Maybe you are an American and irony escapes you though! another insult? lol
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PalazioVecchio  south pole 29 Mar 20 6.23pm |
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Originally posted by Tickled pink
everyone should give their bill to China anyway considering their disgusting behaviour towards hygiene over food caused this outbreak. that sounds just a little bit racist
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 29 Mar 20 6.24pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
I am in total agreement. Apropos 'Lockdown', parts of China have lifted restrictions and a lady penned that it was really lovely seeing families meeting up again, visiting restaurants together and walking alongside the river. I suspect when restrictions are lifted in this country they will be on a phased basis so life will not return to Pre-Lockdown all at once.I trust the Government has an exit strategy. lol
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| the silurian The garden of England.(not really) 29 Mar 20 6.25pm |
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Originally posted by Eustace H. Plimsoll
Are you for real?? Good grief. Read the relevant bit of the thread, man (it's offered up ever so helpfully.) Otherwise you risk seeming "hopelessly deluded". (Providing that's synonymous for 'irretrievably f***witted'.) are you another wisbech clone or just another f***wit?
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