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Indymisanthrope said:
Not all violence is physical. The predatory business practices of these places do violence in more invisible ways, especially in the way they collaborate with other institutions with a profit motive to make poverty more expensive in order to sustain it.
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Protecting people from their own poor decision making isn’t a sustainable way to run a society. At some point you have to let people suffer the consequences of their own choices. I understand what it is like to live in that payday loan check advance loop. I put myself there and it was a very expensive lesson to learn. That said, even though those loans were expensive, they did provide a valuable service more than once.
 
Djxfactor511 said:
Gov. DeWine just announced he's going to start the process of reopening Ohio on May 1st.

I think it's very dumb. Our peak is supposed to be on the 19th. I do not think the curve will be low enough by the beginning of next month.
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I'm hearing that the push back in Ohio will escalate real quick if DeWine extends the stay at home order.

It would be political suicide for him with Ohio voters.

People are angry, want to work and struggling to get by.
 
Djxfactor511 said:
Gov. DeWine just announced he's going to start the process of reopening Ohio on May 1st.

I think it's very dumb. Our peak is supposed to be on the 19th. I do not think the curve will be low enough by the beginning of next month.
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He seems like a relatively reasonable man, I almost am willing to bet this is the type of announcement he makes to satisfy Trump and his base. It seems like something he will slow roll, it allows him to claim he is doing it without actually easing things much at all.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
I'm hearing that the push back in Ohio will escalate real quick if DeWine extends the stay at home order.

It would be political suicide for him with Ohio voters.

People are angry, want to work and struggling to get by.
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I may be isolated, but my friends and family on both side of the political spectrum have all been pretty supportive of the stay at home order. Even my parents, who I've posted about in the last few days.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
He seems like a relatively reasonable man, I almost am willing to bet this is the type of announcement he makes to satisfy Trump and his base. It seems like something he will slow roll, it allows him to claim he is doing it without actually easing things much at all.
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Yeah, he clarified later in the Q&A that it would definitely be case by case reopenings, not releasing the flood gates all at once.
 
Chucktshoes said:
As someone who got caught in the check advance loop for a long time, part of me would like to agree with you, but at the same time those types of business services exist to satisfy a demand. While it may essentially be legal loan sharking, folks aren’t getting their legs broken by Vinnie because they’re short on the vig either. Check N 2 Cash may be unsavory, but they ain’t violent. If you get rid of them, I guarantee that role will be filled by folks more willing to break the law.
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Which is why you need laws and regulations.
 
Just heard this on the nightly news tonight.

The number of stroke deaths are up by a little more than 3 times the normal rate. The average age of this stroke victims is 12 years younger than average.

Of the stroke victims tested for COVID-19, 50% of those tested positive for COVID-19. Most of those people were asymptomatic or had mild flu like symptoms.


Most people who have come in to the ER with strokes were not tested for COVID-19.

This could help explain why general population deaths are much higher now as well.
 
An Arlington Massachusetts restaurant started selling groceries to customers. Just the essentials like Flour, eggs, milk and commercial Toilet Paper for pickup.

They were shut down by the board of health because they are not permitted to sell groceries citing the safety of people.

But they did realize that the restaurant was on to something. Good standing restaurants can now apply for a permit to sell groceries for $150. The permit must be displayed in their windows.
 
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