More than 30 million people are out of work. Economists are comparing our unemployment rate to the Great Depression. And Trump & his GOP allies still don’t have a plan to get us out of this economic disaster. This is a policy failure – and this is a moral failure.
Trump wants to close his eyes & pretend that sending people back to work right now will magically solve all our problems. But every day that he refuses to lead on the public health crisis killing thousands of Americans daily is adding years to our economic recovery.
Our economy will not fully recover from this pandemic until we can dramatically increase our COVID-19 testing capacity & stand up a nationwide contact tracing program so people can go to work without exposing more people to this deadly virus.
And our economy will not fully recover until this administration prioritizes getting real support into the hands of struggling families & resources into the hands of health workers, not funneling relief checks & contracts to the wealthy & well-connected.
Coming out of the Great Depression, America invested in building a middle class. We can do it again & do it right this time by not leaving people of color behind. But first we need real leadership for this public health & economic crisis.
