We won't return to normal until mid-2022 at the very earliest. And even that's largely dependent on:

[Yavin4]

1. A vaccine or a cure can be found by 2021, and distributed worldwide.

2. Trump, and the Republican party in the Senate, are voted out of power, and a Dem majority is elected.

3. President Biden's administration spends money aggressively to get the nation back on its feet. Massive economic stimuli directed at people, not business, not the wealty, but the people.

4. President Biden does not fall for the old Republican trick of trying to balance the budget. The American people will be hurting economically for a long time to come. Focusing on the deficit/debt would be foolish and lead the Republicans back into power in 2022.

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1. Bill Clinton balanced the budget--

And Bush immediately wasted the savings on a tax cut for the rich, and then went into enormous debt with two unfunded and unnecessary wars.

Biden should spend like a Republican-- but on Democratic issues-- healthcare and employment and climate.

[Yavin4]

2. Yep. Clinton left a surplus.

And Gore was mocked in 2000 for wanting to use it shore up Social Security.