They're almost certainly going to have to go to a UBI or some sort of assistance if it hits 20% Unemployment. That's literally depression level Unemployment level and this is coming from Steve Mnuchin. This is looking really ****ing bad economically. I could easily survive the virus, but the ramifications economically if this stretches out is going to **** a lot of people of my generation over. I might have to postpone my moving plans
"Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday pitched Republican senators on a massive economic response package amid the coronavirus crisis with a price tag that is now at a staggeringly high $1 trillion, which would include a first wave of checks to Americans that would cost $250 billion" - snip
Sounds a lot like socialism though, Bernie Sanders socialism. This also not going to fix the problem, it will just help the mortally wounded body limp along a bit further.
Republicans are trying to buy votes for Trump until Nov; they will spin it as daddy Trump feeding his children. Watch.
I'm not sure what playing politics has to do with anything. They're going to have to ****ing swallow it. Thats 26+ million out of work and having to scrape whatever they can to pay their landlord/bills. The potential unrest alone should scare them beyond whatever potential loss they'll incur come November. This is no longer some political abstraction its involving lives and a potential 18 month span of time of horrible economic ramifications for the working class
This past week certainly hasn't been his best.