Indeed, such support used to be seen as routine: Republicans dumped a massive amount of stimulus into the economy during the 2008 crisis. It really says a lot

Indeed, such support used to be seen as routine: Republicans dumped a massive amount of stimulus into the economy during the 2008 crisis. It really says a lot about how much the basic functioning of our political system has decayed that this is no longer happening this time around. Like, even if they care not a whit about the people involved (they don't), it is republicans' own self interest that they do not go into the 2020 elections having crashed the economy at an absolutely unprecedented rate. They should be doing whatever it takes to avert it. Numbers like "33% annualized decline in the economy" should be striking fear into everyone's heart. We are speedrunning the great depression, the great depression took five years to hit bottom, we are going to do it in a year or so unless something drastic is done.