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I would wager quite a bit Trump gets reelected so brace yourself for another 4 years.

Almost an impossible task trying to keep Western New Yorkers at home as it gets nicer out.

Italys new cases and deaths back up today. New York deaths back up again.

I can see that coming from the company itself but the government paying 25k to everyone who is still working is kind of crazy. Who is included and who is not? Me and you are still working. I still directly deal with customers each day. Our phones have been off the hook in regards to this PPP program (payroll protection program). It seems the government dedicated 350 million to it and almost all the money is gone already. There is disconnect between the government and the big banks in regards to how this gets distributed. Are we going to pay the bagger at the grocery store a $25k bonus? If so, I'm going to go apply at Tops tonight.

Even I think that's insane.

This is crazy....Do they not have enough protective gear?? More than 175 health-care workers have virus Infections at Kaleida, ECMC and Catholic Health amount to 10% of total cases in Erie and Niagara counties https://www.investigativepost.org/2020/04/10/more-than-125-health-care-workers-have-virus/?fbclid=IwAR3PUUOPVf3r7whUOQOIfQsI097yFW5CEdwE2Mo4r2-33hiZ-hma25Zir9A

2,035 deaths in US yesterday, first day over 2k.

Well we wouldn’t hand them any money until they got to the process of being considered a valid serious candidate. As I already started nothing needs to change... most super pacs are given later on in the election process. A large private institution or independent billionaire doesn’t want to give anyone money until they have validity and lots of support. They would be throwing money out the window.

How does the current process get rid of thousands of candidates? The initial process wouldn’t change at all and it wouldn’t need to to accomplish what I’ve stated.

Anyone that wants to run gets to run. That initial process would not change. It would be a tiered payment structure, the farther they get in the process the more money they receive. 20 candidates (1 million), 10 candidates left (5 million), 5 candidates (15 million), 2 candidates (20 million) Something like that. They could utilize an unlimited number of volunteers. The stronger the candidate, the more volunteers they would get.

Easy solution. Allow a designated amount of public funds be available to those running. Or have it all done voluntarily. Don’t let any private money come into the equation. The current process of running for president is a joke anyways. The process takes a year + traveling all over the country holding unnecessary rally’s and costing millions of dollars on waste. It’s unnecessary.

Removing super pacs and private interest involvement in elections would be a big start and what max said

And this, this is old graph, it’s way higher now.

And a vaccine.

Over 100,000 deaths globally. Mortality rate at 6.1%.

I know this happened in Italy for awhile and now in the US too...I don't think this happens even in the worse flu seasons. Coronavirus is now the leading cause of death in America https://nypost.com/2020/04/10/coronavirus-is-now-the-leading-cause-of-death-in-america/

777 deaths in last 24 hours for New York. Down 22 from yesterday.

Based on this we're on lock down until mid July?

What do you think about that Navy captain who got kicked off the ship?

The biggest misconception of our democracy is that we actually have freedom and control our viewpoints with our right to vote. The 1% control the world and it's impossible to stop them.

As I mentioned yesterday if there is no vaccine or herd immunity and we go back to our normal lifes, does the virus just disappear? I doubt it.

You're a NYS cop, is it 20 years and done with full pension/benefits for life for you? I know NYS has one of the best pension programs for state employees in the country.

I've worked at quite a big large companies and they're lazy people everywhere. I guess you have to ask yourself would I rather just on my ass and take advantage of the system and make 25k a year(food stamps/welfare), or work my ass off and make 50-100k+ a year. For me, $25k doesn't allow me to travel, and half of that has to be spent on food via food stamps. I'd much rather work. I can see what you're saying if the disparity between taking advantage of the system and working hard was close, but it really isn't close at all.