At the height of the great depression unemployment was 25 %. Do you remember how long it took us to get out of that? Also we got lucky because we went into WW2 which rescued the economy. Also if you don't think there will be riots in the street once 15 million people can't feed their family you're wrong. Printing money and sending it to people won't solve this. We need to turn the economy back on NOW.
Unfortunately, the Feds can't "force" the people to go back to the work for the same reason the Feds couldn't have forced the shutdown in the first place. The Feds issue the guidelines and provide assistance. The States (and localities) have jurisdiction in deciding if and how to impose these guidelines.
If Trump were to attempt to force a "restart" right now it would be political suicide. The Dims would blame every subsequent death on him, and we would have to endure a Biden (or whoever the Dims choose) Presidency.
Right know it is all about public perception. And Trump, with his daily briefings, is controlling the narrative and building public confidence. At some point he will declare that the threat is over and the states will have no choice but to follow his directive.
Regarding the Great Depression, this may sound cliché but the 30's truly were a different time. The depression was the result of - to be brief - Stock Market and Bank failures. This is a forced workforce shutdown. The 30's had a politician in charge. We have a businessman leading us.
At the height of the great depression unemployment was 25 %. Do you remember how long it took us to get out of that? Also we got lucky because we went into WW2 which rescued the economy. Also if you don't think there will be riots in the street once 15 million people can't feed their family you're wrong. Printing money and sending it to people won't solve this. We need to turn the economy back on NOW.
Unfortunately, the Feds can't "force" the people to go back to the work for the same reason the Feds couldn't have forced the shutdown in the first place. The Feds issue the guidelines and provide assistance. The States (and localities) have jurisdiction in deciding if and how to impose these guidelines.
If Trump were to attempt to force a "restart" right now it would be political suicide. The Dims would blame every subsequent death on him, and we would have to endure a Biden (or whoever the Dims choose) Presidency.
Right know it is all about public perception. And Trump, with his daily briefings, is controlling the narrative and building public confidence. At some point he will declare that the threat is over and the states will have no choice but to follow his directive.
Regarding the Great Depression, this may sound cliché but the 30's truly were a different time. The depression was the result of - to be brief - Stock Market and Bank failures. This is a forced workforce shutdown. The 30's had a politician in charge. We have a businessman leading us.