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It is not controversial to say the U.S. government has handled the Corona Virus with an astounding admixture of incompetence and indifference. While some states have taken the pandemic seriously the leadership at the Federal level is perhaps best indicated by the number of members of the White House and Trump inner circle whom have been infected with the disease. This is not however the impetus of my article. The U.S. has also been equally cavalier in its approach to your economic health.
The U.S. leads the world in per capita death rate from the Corona virus. It also has given some of the least amount of stimulus money in comparison to most of the Western World. Canada paid citizens $2,000 dollars a month (Candian) This was for up to four months. In the Netherlands workers received up to 90 percent of their salaries.
France outlined their policy in comparison to the U.S. in a devastatingly succinct way “There’s a very different strategy in Europe than in the United States about how to manage this recession,” Patrick Artus, chief economist of Paris-based Natixis Bank, told Alderman. “The idea is to have no layoffs or company closures, so that when the coronavirus is finally under control the economy can start right back up.”
Using our neighbor to the North as the closest comparison the U.S. should have received 2k a month per…
