CNBC's Rick Santelli says 2% should go ahead and get Covid-19 so markets can stabilize

[Roland99]

Link to tweet

Rick Santelli on
@CNBC
just made the argument that we'd be better off if everyone got the #coronavirus right away and 2% of the world died off, so that financial markets could stabilize.

Rick likes Republicans, don't be like Rick. This should go viral.

#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica

[Sherman A1]

1. Excellent idea

You first Mr. Santelli. Let us know just how that works out for you............

[gratuitous]

3. "You first" was my first thought, too

No doubt he'd be mortally offended by such a callous and cavalier attitude toward his indispensable presence on the planet.

[blueinredohio]

27. That was my first thought.

[Midnight Writer]

24. Santelli would pay someone to take his place. And want his money back if the guy didn't die.

[Eugene]

2. I wasn't an economics major, but wouldn't 150 million dead torpedo economic growth?

I know this is a futile request, but please thinks things through before you open your mouth, Mr. Santelli.

[lapfog_1]

30. 250 million people would die

7 billion people on the planet, no immunity, 3.2 percent fatality rate (according to the CDC).

But hey... it would mostly be old people (over 60) who have issues already... so that's not a problem right?



OTOH, many who get it and recover also have lung damage...

What an asshole.

[ibegurpard]

4. OK you first fucker!

[Brainfodder]

5. Who is Rick Santelli is my first ?

How do I life block him is my 2nd?

[Roland99]

22. He's been known for his "epic" Libertarian / Tea Party rants

Like this

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[maxrandb]

6. This asspickle and his T-Bagger horseshit did more damage to this country

Then Hitler, Putin, Osama Bin Laden, Nikita Cruschev, Tokyo Rose, Benedict Arnold, The Celebrity Apprentice and Nickleback combined.

[marble falls]

9. You had to double down with Nickleback. That's freakin' cold, bro.

[stillcool]

7. Wall Street needs coronavirus right away?

sounds good to me.

[marble falls]

8. I nominate Rick Santelli first.

[LuckyCharms]

10. Santelli has always been a goddamn douche bag. n/t

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Another tea billy idoit.

Remember,he was the one who pushed the E-Mail crap in 16'.

[Turbineguy]

12. I wonder if he'll be on in the morning.....

[MLAA]

13. Watch this idiot being told how wrong he has been live by another analyst...burn!

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rick-santelli-wrong-steve-liesman

[beachbumbob]

14. lol and 50% of people are sick for weeks and he thinks that will be helpful?

the markets would lose 80% of their capital as all business and economies crash to stop.


this is why these people should be far away from able to comment

[0rganism]

15. aw, all these excess human lives are slowing down Mr. Santelli's wealth accumulation

how very very sad for him

[Yavin4]

16. That's very Thanos of him.

Where's Thor?

[Roland99]

17. Ha. Good one

[uponit7771]

18. +1,

[uponit7771]

19. Go ahead and be one of the 2%

[smirkymonkey]

20. What the ever loving fuck?

This is so screwed up I can't even get my mind around it. What the hell is WRONG with these people?

They always think it is going to be somebody else, but never them. Guess what? It could easily be you. And hopefully it will be.

[Silver1]

21. He's trying to make the case for condoning mass murder.

Monstrous.

[Quixote1818]

23. This asshole needs a pitchfork up his ass! nt

[Xolodno]

25. Sure!

If its the wealthiest 2% in the country who think they "worked hard for their money".

[CanonRay]

26. Let them eat cake 2020

[tblue37]

28. He says *everyone* should get it (though 2% or more might die from it). nt

[dem4decades]

29. Is CNBC for morons? What kind of audience thinks that's a good idea?

[sheshe2]

31. He should be fired right now. nt

[HarlanPepper]

32. Sort of makes Prince Williams quip look tame.

This POS should be fired.

[Grokenstein]

33. It. Does. Not. Just. Go. Away.

There's a little webcomic I enjoy very much that suggested that if everybody stays indoors for two weeks then it's all clear. I fought the urge to red-face scream the writer into hiding. Every new case refreshes that two-week window, and in reality that window is actually a lot longer than two weeks; they were thinking of the incubation period.

So everyone gets sick and 2% die, presuming it doesn't turn out to be even more lethal. Those who recover spend six weeks in hospital and some people will never be right again as the virus attacks the gut and the heart and the lungs. And then there are the relapses.

...How's that suit your projections, Rick?

If every Republican were summarily executed, a lot of America's problems would vanish. What do you think--for lack of a more appropriate word for the bag of diseased rats swarming in your skull--of that, Rick?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

34. There was once a time, boys and girls,

when people actually thought before they opened their mouths, instead of just allowing whatever brain droppings plopped down on their tongues to just roll out their pie holes.

Honest.

[Roland99]

35. He's never had that filter

Libertarianism is a mental illness

[liberalmuse]

36. That sounds very familiar. I'm trying to recall. "The Final" something.

Someone is probably going to lose his job.