Their partisanship will literally be the death of us all.

I was laid off in feb, and including me 4 of 5 people in my house are out of work. 3 laid off this week.

We aren't unskilled or in an economically deprived area. 2 of the 4 of us have college degrees and extensive experience. The others are skilled workers with good job histories.

20% is optimistic.

If Mnuchin says 20%, probably gotta be 50%, don't you think?

It's got to be really bad if Republicans are even floating something like "financial assistance to wage workers".

On the other hand, maybe Trump has a scheme to buy the election, with Government funds? If you give everybody a few thousand bucks, your poll numbers are gonna go up.

if not... 50% or more... 1930 all over again.

‘The highest rate of U.S. unemployment was 24.9% in 1933, during the Great Depression.
Unemployment remained above 14% from 1931 to 1940.’

https://www.thebalance.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506

if the pandemic goes on through August; entire communities will be unemployed. We may have to double our national debt to keep up.

that's a good start for highly populated areas-AND THAT'S JUST ONE ASPECT of the economy. Its going to at least temporarily affect much more than 20%

/sarcasm