[Leica] Images of the confinement

[Wayne Torry]

Whew! Don, you wore me out.
I just want to go backpacking somewhere between The Tetons and Mt. Robson
British Columbia. While I can still spell those names. 😄👍

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 1:02 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> That is an interesting experiment we are running.  The young and healthy
> have been disproportionately affected by the layoffs.   Disproportionately
> missing rent payments etc.  So, will they choose to vacation or catch up on
> bills as they return to work.  Then let's look at the other side: the rent
> seekers who own the properties earning rent whether residential or
> commercial.  They are being hit pretty hard by missed rent payments; will
> they have the cash flow to travel at any price?
>
> Then there are the older compromised individuals; will they get on a plane
> of more than themselves as passengers risking getting the virus?
>
> Underlying assumptions would be no vaccine and only very limited
> therapeutic options to limit the spread of the disease.
>
> If we assume MMT then the government can just create money and distribute
> it with no consequences as to inflation or expectations of better
> lifestyle.  Then we just fund accounts and people live their life.  What
> about the producers?  If they can get an acceptable living doing nothing
> will they continue to farm, ranch, manufacture?  What percent of decrease
> in initiative can be compensated for by overall better living by the
> majority?
>
> If we don't assume MMT then the money spent to support people will go into
> the debt structure and will be financed/repaid.  Then standard of living
> will fall due to greater taxation and or inflation.  Again, what is the
> balance point between economic pain today vs long term costs defined
> loosely.
>
> Many on this list have made good/great decisions and don't have to worry
> about where there next meal is coming from or losing their shelter.  If we
> believe the statistics in the US more than 60% of the population don't have
> $500 in ready cash to spend in an emergency.  The mandated shut down has
> hit these people very hard even with the increased unemployment insurance
> payments; then there are the hustlers with no reported income but their
> income is down considerably.  Will these people go out into the market and
> spend like they used to?  Animal spirits is a thing if you are in the
> entertainment business loosely defined.
>
> Then there is the developing world that has been largely unaffected by this
> virus.  Can their economic efforts be turned to the more local economies?
> If so then their world gets much better as economic prospects open up as
> they spend their local economy upwards and they money rotates internally
> instead of externally.
>
> It will be an interesting several years.
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:33 AM Wayne Torry via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I took a look at airfare from Greensboro, NC to Kalispell, MT yesterday.
> > Normally Kalispell is in the same price range with Jackson, WY during the
> > summer season: Obscenely Expensive.
> > I was shocked! <$300 round trip in August. If those prices hold, the
> > Rockies will be busy this summer.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:00 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Things should start opening up next week, perhaps you could take that
> > trip
> > > to Paris...
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 10:40 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <
> > lug at leica-users.org
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Social distance
> > > > <
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200425_L1020551.jpg.html
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Empty Streets
> > > > <
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200428_L1020561.jpg.html
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Confined Streets
> > > > <
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200430_L1020562.jpg.html
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Let’s Go! / VAMOS!
> > > > <
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200430_L1020564.jpg.html
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Leica Monochrom (CCD), Noctilux 50, Green filter
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
> > > >
> > > > Saludos cordiales
> > > > Lluis
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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