Without reading the article (yet) I want to reference something I heard during the course of the election --- as polling data showed that Trump continued to get "high marks" on the economy one of the reporters noted that one of the reasons given is that the STIMULUS spending involved checks mailed directly to people with TRUMP'S SIGNATURE on it ---

This made quite an impression on too many Americans --- many of them really didn't see that the money being spent to help them in April, May, June and July ---- very significant of course --- was the result of a virtually unanimous decision by both Houses of Congress --- and that Trump's signature was him taking credit for something he had virtually nothing to do with --- it was all Mnuchin, Pelosi with McConnell acquiescing.

My hope is that the WORST of the Coronavirus (which will be pretty awful, let's not sugar-coat this) will be over by February when whatever executive orders Biden enters will START to have impacts --- just as there was a PAUSE in the spread (and death rates) of the virus beginning in May or so last year, the same thing should happen again ---

If the scientists are successful in getting a vaccine out by the end of the summer, we HOPEFULLY, will avoid a THIRD SPIKE next winter ---

and thus, the economy will begin to come back ...

ONE HAS TO HOPE BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO CRAWL INTO BED AND HOPE YOU DON'T DIE (easy for a retired 77 year old like me to do --- impossible for workers and families with school age kids!

Solidarity, (Mike)