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Leisher wrote: Why not simply raise the money via tariffs and tell Germany as soon as they pay up the tariffs will be lifted?

TheCatt wrote:

Leisher wrote: Why not simply raise the money via tariffs and tell Germany as soon as they pay up the tariffs will be lifted?

Because those tariffs would be considered something Germany could retaliate for tit-for-tat.

Executives of top drug companies have requested a meeting to discuss how they can lower drug prices, the president said.

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Birx also warned that the pandemic has entered "a new phase," contradicting the president's persistently optimistic predictions as he pushes schools to reopen for full in-person instruction and resists any reversals on reopenings.

"I want to be very clear: What we are seeing today is different from March and April. It is extraordinarily widespread. It's into the rural as equal urban areas," Birx told CNN. "To everybody who lives in a rural area, you are not immune or protected from this virus."

When asked about a prediction there could be 300,000 deaths by the end of the year, Birx said, "Anything is possible." She went on to emphasize social distancing and suggest that some Americans in multi-generational families should start wearing masks inside their homes and assume they already have the virus.

“I did say that ‘If you buy it…a very substantial portion of that price is going to have to come into the Treasury of the United States, because we’re making it possible for this deal to happen.’ Right now they don’t have any rights unless we give it to them.”

Leisher wrote: What's that from?

GORDON wrote: Before Rona his numbers for black employment were way higher than Obama's.

At least according to a graph I saw last year.

TheCatt wrote: 2) President only does so much for the economy. And his stuff has fallen far short of his projections of what it would do.