Re: the "deadweight" bureaucratic loss on welfare payments. Surely it matters here though whether we are talking about taxes being spent to support the establishment of new welfare benefits… (View Post)

One thing you can say for the UK (at the moment). We've definitely got our lockdowns the right way round! Nobody from outside London is going to run there to "escape" ;) (View Post)

Well obviously that's the hope. But that's not to say that the GOP don't know what they're doing either. If Trump gets through this then the next two to three weeks could be cruci… (View Post)

Should we be concerned though about the reports that Biden has suspended negative campaign ads, but Republicans are barrelling on full steam ahead? (View Post)

She is a contact, but is there particular reason to think that she is THE contact? Is it just assumed because she was the first to show symptoms? (View Post)