Twenty states have now taken out loans to pay their unemployed.
The total loan amount ($40 billion) is already as high as it was in 2010 in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
From the just-released GAO report:
The lockdown of huge portions of the United States economy because of a virus that is not of serious consequence to 99% plus of the population is mad.
The most severe financial repercussions are still to come.
-RW
(via Heather Long)
I just saw a tweet (or something) posted on Facebook by Anthony Davies from Duquesne University who said that the CBO estimates the lockdowns will cost $15 trillion, which according to Davies, is enough to purchase the entire country of Spain.
ReplyDeleteWith the Federal government as your surety/guarantor, what State wouldn't eagerly take out risky loans?
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