Public Affairs with Jeff Berkowitz

Vast government over-reaction to COVID19? Risk of depression lives lost v. risk of virus lives lost: Watch in Chicago, suburbs & on Web

Ted Dabrowski: … The human and economic toll of shutting down America… How does that compare to potential human toll of the virus itself?

And, that’s the benefit- cost analysis that needs to be debated!

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Tonight’s City of Chicago edition of Public Affairs features Ted Dabrowski, President of Wirepoints discussing w/show host Jeff Berkowitz

(1) whether the Fed’s and State Government policy to create a catastrophic economic meltdown was (and is) good public policy and

(2) whether IL and Chicago will be hurt even more than other states & cities by the meltdown and

(3) Should Chicago & IL view the CRISIS as a prod toward needed REFORMS?

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The show airs tonight in Chicago at 8:30 pm and midnight on Cable Ch. 21 (CAN TV).

The show also airs tomorrow night in 25 Chicago Metro North and Northwest suburbs at 8:30 pm:

-on Cable Ch. 19 in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, parts of Inverness, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette and

-on Cable Ch. 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Glenview, Golf, Des Plaines, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling

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You can also watch the show featuring Dabrowski 24/7 by clicking here.

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Dabrowski is well credentialed for tonight’s show topics: Wharton MBA, two decades in the private sector and a decade in Public Policy.

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The show was taped 11 days ago, and in large part asks the question:

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Would it be time this week or next for the U. S. to start loosening policy, i.e., gradually reverse, perhaps in certain industries or geographic areas the Federal engineered shut-down of the U. S. Economy, the very action President Trump said yesterday and today he would not pursue. Was he right?

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Ten days ago the President said, the meltdown cure may be worse than the disease. All of life is a matter of making trade-offs, balancing benefits and costs, and that is what President Trump WAS BUT IS NO LONGER DOING–

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BUT THAT IS WHAT DABROWSKI AND BERKOWITZ DISCUSS in tonight’s show.

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Ted Dabrowski: At what point is the human and economic toll of shutting down America, right? That’s what it is. How does that compare to the potential human toll of the virus itself. And, that’s the benefit- cost analysis that needs to be debated [by Congress, the President and the American people].

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Ted Dabrowski: It’s here: It’s not an IL or Chicago specific crisis, it’s a global crisis, but now we are wrapped in it. And, everything that we were worried about, that we talked about- those of us who want to see reforms– it’s coming true, it’s come true…the crisis, the recession… and what it spells is massive trouble for Illinois– relative to other states. And Chicago, relative to other cities.

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