Trump, ever helpful, via Talking Points Memo:
“President Trump advised a group of governors during a conference call Monday morning to acquire key supplies such as respirators and ventilators themselves amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to the New York Times.
“The Times reported Monday that Trump told the governors in the conference call to “try getting it yourselves” when it comes to “respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment.”
“We will be backing you, but try getting it yourselves,” Trump said, according to the Times. “Point of sales, much better, much more direct if you can get it yourself.”
“According to the Times, some governors were astonished by Trump’s remarks given how they’re looking to the federal government to provide assistance in acquiring equipment, personnel and financial aid.”
The Chinese economy will contract about 9% this year as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
82 million American’s, three-fifths of the workforce, are hourly employees.
Restaurant workers, hotel workers, retail workers, etc.
About one-third of these workers have access to paid sick leave.
66% of these workers have no access to health care.
Those in the know (geniuses all) tell us that we will lose 1 million jobs in the month of April alone.
That will put the economy into recession (the price of ending Trump).
With that in mind the Senate wants a second coronavirus aid package of $850 billion dollars giving direct payments to the unemployed and to failing small businesses.
That should help some workers.
But, there’s a third package that these corrupt, political clowns want and that is one that bailouts the shale oil industry, cruise ship lines, and hotel chains.
These corrupt bastard always have their withered, Socialist hands stuck out to have even more of the people’s largess placed into their itchy, scaly Capitalist palms.
The good news is that the only thing that Trump thought might defeat Trump was a recession and we’ve got one of those in progress.
Typical Republican answer, to a Republican caused problem. I’ve got mine, get your own.