The worse life gets for the average American, the more the Overton Window changes and reforms that seemed unpalatable yesterday may be more reasonable today. In

The worse life gets for the average American, the more the Overton Window changes and reforms that seemed unpalatable yesterday may be more reasonable today. In this way, the COVID economy is more likely than any other event in our lifetime to help spur change. That said, what you say is correct and I have similarly low expectations that legislators are capable of reasonable policy reforms. Their incentives are far too removed from the average employee.