Naturally people aren't going hole up for a year, but we have to stop acting antsy when we've been in our houses a week or two.
Edit: I'm assuming the government does its job and takes care of its people so that they can do the right thing here.
Naturally people aren't going hole up for a year, but we have to stop acting antsy when we've been in our houses a week or two.
Edit: I'm assuming the government does its job and takes care of its people so that they can do the right thing here.
Unforunately, a very small portion of that money will go to individuals who have lost their jobs, and a very large portion will go to companies that were run on razor-thin balance sheets, ready to topple at the first sign of trouble. No incentives to run things properly the next time around, and limited help for regular people. While costing everyone a fortune in the form of inflation the next few years.
These aren’t the same. This shutdown (however justified) is because of the govt. If the government demands you shut down your business, or that you can’t go to work, you deserve to be compensated for that. If the government hadn’t mandated it, young people would still be out working and spending. Those businesses would be fine. If the govt wants to shut everything down, they have to pay people for it.
Especially since a lot of the companies are only asking for loans, not handouts.
It's natural to be antsy if you've lost your job, have no social safety net, and can't pay for food or your rent.
Either pay them to stay home, or don't be surprised when they leave to attempt to make a living to survive. They're already at risk of being homeless and destitute, so COVID matters much less to them. And I don't blame them.
What has led you to make this assumption?
The right thing for governments to do is to help mitigate the damage they've caused by ordering massive shutdowns. They can't do one without the other otherwise, indeed, it will be really bad.
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