famous painting, “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” would be a picture of an empty boat, and George would have been sitting in an empty lot in the middle of nowhere because the White House hadn’t been built yet and neither had Washington, D.C. Speaking of working from home... Have you put a Post-It note over your laptop camera? If you haven’t, your boss is going to discover that working from home is about as efficient as bringing your children, your dog, your refrigerator, your dirty laundry, and your liquor cabinet with you into the office every day. And by the way... Howmany employees will bosses lay off before bosses realize that it’s employees who do all the work? Maybe soon we’ll go to our local branch of Chase Bank and find JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon operating the drive-thru window – because he’s the only person left. Your boss is going to discover that working from home is about as efficient as bringing your children, your dog, your refrigerator, your dirty laundry, and your liquor cabinet with you into the office every day.
Meanwhile, I’m all in favor of providing economic relief to those who are unemployed and broke because of the pandemic. In fact, I think it’s a moral imperative, but... Can we really print trillions of dollars based on nothing but the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government and not cause all hell to break loose? Maybe the government is operating on the theory that although prices will be sky-high, we won’t mind because we’ll be paying those prices with worthless money. Meanwhile... Is going to school online an effective educational process? I’ve got three kids who are now going to school online. It’s still too soon to make an informed judgment about how much they’re learning... But at least my kids are able to sleep through class in the comfort of their own beds. And, last question... Has anyone noticed that socializing via social media is a little... how to put this... sterile? Not that anyone wants to (or will ever again dare to) go back to the days of Playboy Mansion orgies, crash pad Wesson oil parties, or frat house passion pits, but... with all due respect to the #MeToo movement, cocktails on Zoom are all Me, no Too.
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