Top congressional leaders failed to reach agreement on a giant economic stimulus bill for the coronavirus Sunday (3-22-2020), and Senate Republicans and House Democrats appeared poised to chart separate courses on competing pieces of legislation, leaving Congress’ response to the unfolding national crisis uncertain.
Democrats were pushing for more favorable terms for workers in the $1.8 trillion bill that would provide hundreds of billions of dollars to corporations and small businesses and send $1,200 checks to many Americans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/03/22/vast-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-limbo-crunch-times-arrives-capitol-hill/
Some are saying that is going to take 12 weeks to contain the coronavirus pandemic. By then the U.S.A. economy will be totally in ruins. Great Depression II.
We do not have a Planet B that we can go to. The magnitude of the catastrophe will be humongous.
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