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With businesses forced to close, how long before we see looting by opportunists?
asking for a friend?

would probably be easier under these circumstances... although unlike after major disasters, security alarms and cameras should still be working.
 
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Because they employ people, are good for the economy, and they pay taxes?

The pay a net effective tax rate of .8%. For the most part they hire foreign staff and pay them far below the US minimum wage (because the ships are based out of Panama or some other tax Haven). They pollute out the wazoo. Could care less if they disappear.

The economics of cruise ships
 
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The pay a net effective tax rate of .8%. For the most part they hire foreign staff and pay them far below the US minimum wage (because the ships are based out of Panama or some other tax Haven). They pollute out the wazoo. Could care less if they disappear.

The economics of cruise ships

Not to mention they'll be taking losses for years trying to coax people back in those incubators.
 
With businesses forced to close, how long before we see looting by opportunists?

Which = how long before business owners return to their stores and engage in target practice? I’ll never forget the Korean business owners in LA during the whole Rodney King episode on the roof of their businesses in LA popping looters with rifles. Could get fugly.
 
Which = how long before business owners return to their stores and engage in target practice? I’ll never forget the Korean business owners in LA during the whole Rodney King episode on the roof of their businesses in LA popping looters with rifles. Could get fugly.

I'd say the problem will be proportional to the desperation of the people in a community, but as far as "opportunists", I imagine current and former employees might feel the most temptation. Owners themselves in some cases, for insurance claims and such.
 
The pay a net effective tax rate of .8%. For the most part they hire foreign staff and pay them far below the US minimum wage (because the ships are based out of Panama or some other tax Haven). They pollute out the wazoo. Could care less if they disappear.

The economics of cruise ships
Well crap EL, I was hoping for a PF get together cruise!!
 
I am worried we are going to see mass rioting in major cities if this goes on too long. Especially if people are broke.

I have the same fear. That's why it's pivotal that Congress quit messing around and construct a bill that addresses strictly the issues being created by the virus. The longer this goes on with people not getting, the more desperate they will get. Desperation will lead to good people doing horrible things to survive.
 
I am worried we are going to see mass rioting in major cities if this goes on too long. Especially if people are broke.
If we are where we are today in three weeks time I’m expecting to be in the North Dallas burbs where I live dialing into local TV and watching downtown Dallas burn.
 
Still using Italy as my worst case barometer.

At .001 infection rate with .10 mortality rate.

If we copy that over 300,000,000 Americans, I get 30,000 deaths.

Just looking for honest debate. What am I doing wrong here?
I ran those same numbers about a week ago, maybe a week and a half and the number of deaths has tripled as I had the number under 10,000 using Italy’s percentages and 330M US people. I believe there is some overreaction but that’s a big jump in a short amount of time. I’ll be curious to see if that trend continues.
 
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