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Originally Posted by weederr33
One thing I can comment on is my state's governor who believes quite heavily on saving the economy and not giving a shit about the people per se. And my dumbass voted for him not long ago -___-
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It’s not just Texas. Unfortunately, many state leaders are all and only about ‘the economy’. Even in New England in the supposedly democratic state of Rhode Island, both the previous (Raimondo) and current (McKee) governor’s actions spoke louder than their words. They only care about the economy regardless of how many people might get sick or die. In December and January, little Rhode Island was actually the most highly infected place in the entire world because of their negligence and stupidity (per capita infections per day).
What these short-sighted people fail to realize is that saving lives and the economy are not mutually exclusive but go hand in hand. People go out and spend money when they are safe. In the long term, many ‘safer’ states have lower unemployment rates than ones with higher infection rates.
But too many people are too short-sighted to see or think about that. They get small business owners howling at them about how they’re losing money because they can’t fill up their restaurants. Without caring that doing so spreads infection.
As a society we’ve decided that short-term money is more important than human life. It says a lot about us.