Pandemic Economics in One Lesson || EP 216

Sanders rips GOP senators for voting for tax cuts but objecting to increased unemployment benefits https://apple.news/Aq4iaGYy9Qlm-g4qI2rTt-A Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday lambasted Republican senators who had objected to provisions in the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that they said would incentivize unemployment, accusing them of fixating on minor perks for workers amid a crisis. "What happened is Sen. (Lindsey) Graham and some other Republicans, they are just terribly upset that low-income workers might receive a bit more money than they otherwise would have earned," Sanders told CNN's Anderson Cooper, before the chamber voted on the bill. Fears for civil rights mount amid fight against coronavirus https://apple.news/A3rCfBt09TQ2pZgg0hf-X3Q The orders seem prudent in the bid to thwart the spread of the novel coronavirus: Don't go out, don't gather with others and keep your stores closed. But growing segments of the U.S. population say state and federal governments are trampling on freedoms central to American life in the name of protecting public health. Mexican governor says poor are 'immune' to coronavirus https://apple.news/ABwfj1_NCTMmjByGfJOrFRg The governor of a state in central Mexico is arguing that the poor are "immune" to the new coronavirus, even as the federal government suspends all nonessential government activities beginning Thursday in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus. MasterMyTrades.com Patreon.com/GoodMorningLiberty --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices