Raising taxes in a downturn is a ridiculous idea and we should pay everyone to stay shut until the virus is under control.

You could also ask why Californians should pay the Medicare taxes associated with Florida's much higher rate of COVID infection due to their opening of restaurants and the state's higher elderly population.. We're all in this together, the economy won't be back to normal until Covid is gone and all of these ridiculous states flaunting obvious public health rules are costing everyone much more than it would take to just pay restaurant employees and everyone else to stay home for a few more months.