The people have not yet felt the full impact of the crisis in our economy.

[gulliver]

31. I'd expect continued support for out-of-work people through the election.

And beyond it only if the Dems clean up. If Republicans have any power at all they'll either try to crack the whip on people with austerity or, as they did when Obama was president, sabotage Dem attempts to heal the country.

The way we are handling covid-19 is the way we should have handled the Great Recession. (We would have if Republicans had not been left in a position to sabotage and block.) Give businesses forgivable loans to keep paying their workers. Put money in people's pockets so they have the basics completely covered. That keeps people more secure and keeps workers on the payroll while the crisis sorts itself out. It buys time and lets people adapt and recover.

If one member of a family loses their job, the other members take over expenses for a while. We're sort of doing that with our economy right now. I think that's the absolute best thing we could do.