1/ 40% of Americans didn’t know what they’d do with a $400 unexpected expenditure even before this happened. A $1200 one time payment plus expanded unemployment did not provide them “liquidity,” as Mnuchin had the audacity to put it.

2/ Another $1200 payment has been suggested, called by the Republicans a “socialist wishlist.” Millions haven’t & can’t pay their rent, lie awake at night wondering how to feed their kids, not even thinking of seeking medical help should they be sick because they cannot afford it

3/ Other countries froze their economies, provide ongoing #directcashrelief, and do more to put the safety and well-being of their citizens first. Other countries pity us now & we should pity ourselves. An American govt “of, by, and for the people” has “perished from the earth.”