[XIVMagnus]

I've noticed that the U.S. government usually only fixes issues in a short term mindset.. Same way they only gave stimulus checks and unemployment for a temporary time. I wish they would start working on long term solutions instead.

[kingaillas]

>U.S. government usually only fixes issues in a short term mindset

That's part of the problem - Representatives get elected every 2 years so they have a short term mindset.

But, the government isn't the only player here. U.S. Corporations hold some amount of responsibility for moving production overseas.

Corporations have even a shorter mindset - they need quarterly numbers to look good for Wall Street, so they don't think much past 3 months!

[kwdc]

Governments and organizarions in general tend to also operate knee-jerk style as well. Its almost like there's a threshold that must be exceeded until a need for change appears necessary. That threshold could be lives lost, money lost, significant opportunities lost etc.

[frankbreetz]

They only gave temporary unemployment and stimulus because the pandemic was temporary

[cj]

One could argue that there could be a permanent structure (safety net) in place that sufficiently handles incidents, such as temporary mass unemployment, without the need to hastily scramble together and spin up stimulus programs like PPP and direct checks to everyone.

[Rapzid]

Sure but even then it was single checks to individuals when even Mnuchin was advocating for reoccurring payments.

[specialist]

Yes and:

Govt has become increasingly risk adverse. Any proactive misstep is ruthlessly pilliored. So we're left with cycles of neglect, crisis, and oversteer.

Just one example: Michael Lewis' latest book Premonition details how the CDC went from proactive to hyper risk adverse. And we've just seen how that played out.

[sdenton4]

Good luck with that. The process at the national level is completely broken, so nothing substantial gets passed but budget reconciliations.

[datameta]

Pointing out a machine in disrepair to those who are looking at it does nothing to fix it.