The Republican plan: Americans have to die for Trump's re-election

[EarlG]

Around 30 million people have, through no fault of their own, lost their jobs in the last two months. Most of these people either can't go back to work because there's no job for them to go to, or don't want to go back to work because they don't want to catch COVID-19 and risk dying or infecting those around them.

The Republican plan to deal with this situation is:

1) Provide no additional unemployment benefits, so millions of former employees are screwed.

2) Provide no additional stimulus funds, so millions of former contract workers are screwed.

3) Abolish Obamacare, so millions of people who no longer have employer-based health insurance are screwed.

4) Cut payroll taxes, which does nothing for people who no longer have a paycheck, and also so people who rely on Social Security will be screwed down the line.

5) Pretend that the pandemic isn't as bad as it seems, so gullible people are screwed.

Why? Well, because they're a bunch of sociopaths, obviously, and cruelty is part of their political ideology.

But also, because getting Trump re-elected on the back of "the world's greatest economy of all time" was literally THE ONLY thing that Republicans were betting on this year. They know most Americans hate Trump. They just hoped that enough people would be satisfied with the economy that they would shrug and give him another four years. Running on the economy was plan A, B, C, D and E.

And now we're on plan F: Fuck you, America. Either go out there and risk catching COVID-19 or stay at home and starve to death.

All because they have this fantasy that they can somehow magically kickstart the economy before November and everybody will forget that any of this happened.

Absolutely insane.