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The CARES Act assumed the the pandemic would be behind us by the end of July (Original Post) Norbert Dec 2020 OP
The hero's act did not pass because the stock market is up MacKasey Dec 2020 #1
☝🏻This. Right here. ☝🏻 SoonerPride Dec 2020 #4
The CARES act assumed a return to normal -- which will not happen Klaralven Dec 2020 #2
If McConnell controls the Senate, NOTHING will happen, the spin will be its all Biden/Democrats beachbumbob Dec 2020 #3

MacKasey

(993 posts)
1. The hero's act did not pass because the stock market is up
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 09:23 AM
Dec 2020

The care's act pass so quickly because the stock market was tanking

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
2. The CARES act assumed a return to normal -- which will not happen
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 09:29 AM
Dec 2020

It was an attempt to bridge an "outage" in the economy, after which things would return to normal. So it provided for keeping people employed, keeping business owners out of bankruptcy, and keeping people in their homes until they could resume paying rent/mortgages.

This is not feasible any longer. The economy of September 2021 will not be like the economy of February 2020.

The substitution of communications for travel will not revert back. Office workers will continue to work from home. Retail will continue to be done by clicks instead of bricks. There will not be discretionary income to support entertainment and sports services that people have found they can do without.

What Biden will need is a new economic program to clear away all the zombie businesses, assist all those going from temporary to permanent unemployment, and rehouse the evicted and foreclosed.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
3. If McConnell controls the Senate, NOTHING will happen, the spin will be its all Biden/Democrats
Thu Dec 3, 2020, 09:48 AM
Dec 2020

as the cause of the problem and the M$M will promote this. McConnell will only agree to HIS terms, not Biden/democrats who have to deny a liability shield law from happening at all cost.

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