“How to reopen our economy? The same way we closed it down”
April 16, 2020
“It is not “stimulus” if there’s nothing to stimulate. With almost all states having ordered citizens to stay home and most businesses to shutter, the coronavirus “stimulus” bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump on March 27 is really a “bridge” bill — a bridge to an uncertain future time when people can go back to work and businesses can reopen.
If the shutdown goes too long, some workers and businesses may not survive or be able to revive. If it goes too long, the $2.2 trillion may be exhausted in the “bridge” phase, leaving nothing for an actual stimulus phase. A prolonged shutdown based upon an “abundance of caution” may carry instead an overload of danger…”
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/493078-how-to-reopen-our-economy-the-same-way-we-closed-it-down