We cannot grind our economy to a halt every single time China intentionally or unintentionally releases a new pathogen on the world.
Team Panic has no ideas other than longterm economic and cultural damage.
As dangerous as this is for certain groups, the Chinese Wuhan Coronavirus is not Ebola.
We have to make structural changes to truly protect us.
That includes...
1. Supply chains for products in demand under new norm.
Look at Honeywell. Great example of how domestic production can quickly meet crisis demand for products that NEVER should've been outsourced in the first place.
There are industries that can't be outsourced for national security reasons. We need to start thinking bigger and add many, many other sectors to that list.
Globalism over nation-state is a myth.
Until now.
We can't do this again. It's negligent and our system can't take it.
Are we supposed to hold our children back a grade each time China or another hostile nation unleashes a new pathogen on us?
The vast majority of his critics helped to bake these vulnerabilities into our system and now we suffer the consequences of their actions.
But he's now the president and...
Now is his chance. Now is all their chances.
Payroll tax cuts are BS. They take far too long to have an impact unless they have a new plan.
Jobs must be saved and even added.
Jobs must be saved, and we must go big/bold.
I'm talking about CREATING jobs by opening up completely new supply lines that never should've been outsourced in the first place.
Out of the other side, these same "experts" assure us it is not bioterrorism.
I'll rule out nothing without solid evidence, expect the worst.