It was a very solid show this morning with Amy Klobuchar getting the headline interview spot. She’s always very grounded, well informed, and competent…which of course made her in no way a viable presidential candidate in these times in which we live.
The poll question is the one on every American’s mind this morning. How should we re-open the country? By state, by region, or one blanket national program?
With just under 20,000 people responding the results were….
42% on a state by state basis
41% on a regional basis
17% on a one blanket national policy basis
I responded to on a regional basis. In a perfect world we would all answer on a national basis, but this isn’t a perfect world. At some point you cannot completely crater your own economy which generates revenue for things like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, small business assistance, FEMA, ect, etc.
At some point you have to calibrate risk with sophisticated testing and get this country back to work or at some point you will lose the country you are in essence trying to protect.
This is a service economy based on consumption. With some real smarts attached the country needs to get back to consuming and living. Unfortunately…we have a president who has less nuance than any president in our history which makes this an even more difficult task.
It’s a great question when you consider every angle of the dilemma.