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You know what else is a necessity? A roof over your head. And people need money to pay rent, utilities, etc. to live. As far as the government and companies are

You know what else is a necessity? A roof over your head. And people need money to pay rent, utilities, etc. to live. As far as the government and companies are concerned, the virus is no excuse to skip on your bills. Like I said, the ball is in the company/government's court. If they think it's so important to have x done, they are the ones who have the power to make anything happen at scale. Maybe society does have to go through something like this to realize their mistakes.

pmoriarty 7y ago
Unlike the making and distribution of food, nothing special has to happen for the roof that's over your head now to continue to be there all through this epidemic. In fact, the government has to actively take steps to evict people if they are unable to pay their rent. I wouldn't put it past the current government to actually do that, but they could if they wanted to provide relief for people unable to pay their rents or pass laws freeing them from that responsibility. The making and distributing of food is really non-negotiable, however. Unlike money, we actually need food. You can't eat a stack of dollar bills, and plenty of landlords are going to be just as screwed as their renters if there's no food. The only people safe are the tiny percentage of survivalists who managed to stock up a year or two worth of food. The rest will have to get food one way or another. Unfortunately, plenty of governments have caused or allowed famines through inaction, malice, or incompetence. We can hope they won't let a famine happen this time, but hope and a couple of bucks will buy you a cup of coffee... or maybe not for long. Again, I have to ask how long people will sit around watching their food stocks dwindle and hope someone else fixes their problem.