The problem is we have state and local governments literally telling people they can't work. The "free money" is a round about way of trying to solve that problem. The real issue is that state and local governments don't have the authority to tell healthy people they can't work.
Regarding the draconian actions of state and local governments, I agree completely. Regardless, the massive federal handout will still have the aforementioned deleterious effect. The real solution in this case is to end local government overreach. But given how many I see agreeing with the lockdown, I'm pessimistic anything will happen there.
If Florida can say open, we might have a hope. FL has lower fatality rates than CA despite having a substantially higher (percentage wise) amount of elderly people. I know a lot of people vacation there. I just heard about some distant family vacationing there from IL and they were shocked when they got off the plane and everything was normal. It's pretty hard to go back and justify the B.S. after seeing proof like that.
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