[Peace-discuss] Daniel McAdams letter

[Karen Aram]

Yes, exactly, and thats what we should be demanding.


> On May 2, 2020, at 10:09, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
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> I mean, I don’t disagree with you. But something must be done to deal with the outrage and hardships of the population.
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> That’s why I say that Congress and the President must establish universal medical care and a universal basic income for all - immediately.
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> We can’t wait for the next adminstration.
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>> On May 2, 2020, at 12:03 PM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
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>> I don’t disagree...
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>>> On May 2, 2020, at 11:45 AM, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Carl, I support your suggestion to Daniel McAdams, as critically necessary. 
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>>> I’m appalled at the the Ron Paul Institute whom he represents, suggestion that the virus is a hoax, and lockdown isn’t necessary. Everyone should take precautions such as wearing masks, and retaining distance from others.
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>>> They are myopic, just as the US government handling of the virus is myopic, inefficient and based upon greed. It may as some suggest be even more vicious and deliberate than what it appears, but that has yet to be proven.
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>>> Some of us knew about the virus in early January, when the Chinese announced it. The nations who didn’t take action or lockdown have suffered the greatest losses as a result. 
>>> Those like Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea who took immediate action have suffered the least. 
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>>> I’m appalled at libertarians and those who in spite of all evidence, still suggest “herd immunity,” which means sacrificing the weakest for the benefit of the strongest, Nazi eugenics.
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>>> Putting profit over people, is what the USG given their corporate backers have been doing since the Reagan Administration if not before, sacrificing our health workers and all those dealing with the public, the working class who are seen as expendable.
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>>> The economy has been on the verge of crashing for a very long time, at least since 2008 when Obama bailed out the banks rather than the people. Economist Michael Hudson covers this issue very well on the Jimmy Dore show and many other interviews. As pointed out in Naomi Klein’s  “Shock Doctrine,” the capitalists will for their benefit, take advantage of a disaster.   
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>>> Suggesting at this point in time, as the Ron Paul Institute is doing, “to socialize, and ignore all warnings because it is a hoax,” at this point in time, is being frivolous at best and shows their complete lack of humanity. 
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