Friday, April 3, 2020

Trump calmly admits the obvious, that there will likely be more deaths due to economic destruction than due to the virus-March 23, 2020. "There’s a sense of permanence setting in on these briefings,” Rush Limbaugh

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Below, 3/23/20, Trump: “President Trump on economy: “We can’t turn that off and think it’s going to be wonderful. There’ll be tremendous repercussions. There will be tremendous death…probably more death from that than anything that we’re talking about with respect to the virus.”




















Image, 3/23/20, Trump: “President Trump on economy: “We can’t turn that off and think it’s going to be wonderful. There’ll be tremendous repercussions.There will be tremendous death…probably more death from that than anything that we’re talking about with respect to the virus.” 

4/3/20, “Experts Fear ‘Suicide Wave’ As The Social Fabric Of America Becomes “Unstitched”,” zero hedge 

“Millions of Americans have just lost their jobs in the last several weeks due to the COVID-19 outbreak shutting down large swaths of the US economy. Households are coming under severe financial stress, with no savings, insurmountable debts, and job loss. Many are waiting for President Trump’s stimulus check to arrive in the mail, some have skipped out on their rent or mortgage payments on April 1, and others have called their credit card companies to defer debt servicing payments as incomes for tens of millions of people have gone to zero. 

The panic buying of food and supplies over the last month shows just how many people were unprepared for a national health crisis, nevertheless, now developing into an economic crash, and soon could be followed by a period of social unrest.  

But before the social fabric of America becomes unstitched – households are to crack first. Their finances are piss-poor, with no savings and insurmountable debts, which include auto, credit cards, and student loans.  

At the beginning of March, we noted how the gig-economy was about to crash, and by looking at the employment data that has come out since, along with future estimates, it’s pointing to an economic depression that could be arriving as soon as the second quarter. 

Households are in rough shape. Many people are heavily medicated, own weapons, and have some sort of substance use disorder, suggesting that in periods of extreme financial stress – suicides could increase. 

What’s concerning is that a suicide wave among low-income folks, who are already feeling the side effects of job loss, could be imminent. 



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