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MsAnthropic 17 points ago +17 / -0

Whatever happens, I don’t think it’s the government’s responsibility to take care of your kids. Maybe you get together with other families to share the load, maybe you plan for emergencies so that you can always withstand an unexpected loss of income, maybe you rely on family, maybe you do something else. You could at any moment be reduced to one income for a huge range of reasons, you should have prepared for that years ago.

It’s not Trump’s job to take care of your family. That’s your job.

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AlohaSnackbar 3 points ago +4 / -1

IF the government "changes the rules" via quarantine, closing of facilities, placing new restrictions on public gatherings, etc, it is a valid question and concern of are they (we), the government responsible in whole or in part for costs incurred. If 5000 people need to be quarantined, it's an inconvenience, but barely a blip. If 500,000 need to be quarantined, then it becomes a much larger issue. And, last I checked the fifth amendment's "liberty" allows us to travel where we damn well please, and is not overridden by quarantine. (Of course we, as a nation will enforce quarantine protocols upon ourselves).

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MAGA_Master 2 points ago +2 / -0

think this commentor means well but it’s coming off heartless. Yes all those would be ideal solutions. But most people just don’t have that much savings, family around, etc. All I can say is don’t worry. It’ll all work out. Don’t worry about tomorrow because today has enough worries of its own. It’s going to be okay.

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viVbiz-bufmu1-qodmem 1 point ago +3 / -2

I think this is a dumb response. You offer no real solution only put some sort of child like blame back on the person who has an obvious problem. For 80 years, kids went to public schools while the parents worked.

Now that’s not a thing. Everyone has this problem and there is no obvious answer. Reminding people that it’s not the government’s problem is intellectually dishonest and not productive.

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MsAnthropic 1 point ago +1 / -0

Of course I don’t “offer a solution”, it’s no more my job to take care of his family than it is the government’s job. It’s his job, that’s the point. People have problems every day, still doesn’t mean government needs to fix those problems.

And no, stating something that’s true is not “intellectually dishonest”. As to whether it’s “productive” is up to him, not me.

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