KarmaKarma wrote:
 

MARGARET BRENNAN: But twelve hundred dollars takes you a lot farther in Nebraska than it does in California. How do you want people to be spending this money?

STEVEN MNUCHIN: Well, there's really three components of this law now that protects the American public. And the President was determined that we protect the American workers, since it was not their fault that we shut down the economy while we kill this virus. So the first component is small business loans, which about half of the companies in the U.S., people will be able to get small business loans and pay their workers for eight weeks. So we encourage people to do that and get them back to work. Two, they'll be enhanced unemployment insurance. And three, as you said, there'll be these— these checks in the mail or direct deposit. It's really bridge liquidity for people as they go through these difficult times.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Bridge liquidity for about eight weeks?

STEVEN MNUCHIN: Well, I— I think the entire package provides economic relief overall for about ten weeks. Hopefully, we'll kill this virus quicker. In the end, we won't need it, but we— we have liquidity to put into the American economy to support American workers and American business.

10 weeks...$1200.  Agreed it's more for families, but it's still $17/day for 10 weeks.  Again...instead of posting links....please explain the math if that's wrong.

 rgio wrote:
 
Here you go:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-transcript-of-face-the-nation-on-march-29-2020/

I'm sure you can read it yourself.

And you know that it's not $1200 for a family, right?

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/the-stimulus-payment-calculator-tells-you-how-much-money-you-could-get.html

 KarmaKarma wrote:
 
So i watched it and heard the same thing.  He said that the stimulus will support the economy for 10 weeks in direct response to a question about the checks for people.  

Since we both missed it, exactly what did he say?  How long is that money supposed to last?

 R_P wrote: 
Yeah, just watched the video and he says that if we are still shutdown after 10 weeks he'll go back to congress for more money...17 dollars a day it is.

 R_P wrote:
 

Actually, that's not at all what he said.  You would know this if you actually played the video in the story.  

You, via Rawstory, are merely twisting his words to suit your purposes.

In other works, fake news.  It's all you seem to know.

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 

 R_P wrote:
 
A man utterly out of touch with reality - just like his boss.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Sunday said that he expects Americans to be able to survive for two and a half months on just $1,200, which is about $17 per day.

 kcar wrote: 
no biggie.  personal understanding is ultimately much more important than what that orange does. Thats what makes this country so great hopefully we dont lose sight of this and keep giving our goverment more power

 sirdroseph wrote:
 
My bad: I thought the quote below

"President Trump exudes common sense. That is why half of American adults support him."

was from you. It's from westslope. That's what I get for trying to read nested quotes on a phone. 

I apologize, sirdroseph. 
. 

 kcar wrote: 
You  base my supposed strong or any belief in Trump based upon what exactly?  Trump simply means a lot less to me than most here or really most peoople reogardless of political persuasion.  You see only support in the absence of outrage. This is my whole point, Trump means very little to me, I am more concerned with humanity as individuals and the exploration inward. And yes common sense.  lol

 kurtster wrote:
 
I think we need more expertise than a stable genius right now

 sirdroseph wrote:
 

You might deeply believe in science and common sense based on science, sird, but you seem to strongly believe in a president who clearly does not. Just look at the quotes of Trump that fill this thread and the Covid thread. 

PS: don't worry about your typos. I've posted here a coupla times from my phone so I can appreciate how tricky non-PC devices can be to work with...

woosh.  Common sense is basing your behavior on science instead of dwelling on politics and policy of which we have no control over.  We wil get nowhere unless we all handle our business. Even the most uninformed have enough valid information to do what needs to be done on an individual level. Without all of our,  yes common sense , it is all just pissing in the wind.  You don`t  have to read all of the scientific journals to know what to do.  Don`t  know how this conversetion got misconstrued to the notion that somehow I don`t  believe in science ,  but if it makes you feel intellectually superior hey you run with that , glad I could help.    edit:  Typed this on my tv can`t  backspace to fix typo misspellings but I do know how to spell and can even do some cipherin`  I had some schoolin and what not

On a since raised old red country barn that stood directly across the street of one my kids elementary schools for decades was painted a short and sweet message.

Horse sense comes from stable thinking. 

I think it went back and forth between horse and common over the years depending on who did the last paint job.

ymwv ...

Not to pile on here but this belief

President Trump exudes common sense. That is why half of American adults support him.

has got to be one of the dumbest and most completely out-to-lunch things I've ever read in this forum.

During the 2016 campaign I warned that Trump would be a disaster. And I used a gif like this to make my point: 



https://giphy.com/gifs/memecan...


Enough adults in government and business kept Trump from doing serious damage... But our luck ran out and here we are.

 westslope wrote:
 
It is much easier to understand that the world was created in 7 days than anything you want to explain that involves millions of years and selection.  The world is flat....just look at it.  

Beyond just the science undergrads, we're producing more and more "graduates" in general who aren't able to solve problems, consider options, appreciate unknowns.  We've gone too far with specialization and testing to the point of decreasing broad skills.  Eliminating electives like art and music not only potentially limits the quality of art (with fewer introduced to something they may love), but is going to have a dramatic impact on cognitive abilities over time.  OK...this is getting off track and I could bore anyone who alive with my concerns for the future of education...but Scott's comment about disproving common sense couldn't be more accurate.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
 

You nailed it Scott.  

This confusion of science with 'common sense' may explain in part why so many fellow citizens are unscientific in their views and indicates to what extent large swathes of society do not understand what science is.

For that matter, all kinds of folks with undergraduate science degrees do not understand what science is.  Scratch the surface and you will find that their understanding of probability and statistical theory is typically poor (or close to non-existent).   

Uncertainty?   Risk management!?!!    Whatz dat?