> People might not be dying from the shutdowns, but it sure is an uneven load we're asking people to carry. Particularly from this high pulpit of HN, where we n

> People might not be dying from the shutdowns, but it sure is an uneven load we're asking people to carry. Particularly from this high pulpit of HN, where we nearly all have cushy tech jobs where we don't have to interact with anyone to get paid. Seems like a perfect opportunity for the government to continue supporting people. Perhaps some taxes on your high pulpit would do some good. But heaven forbid we do that - because the real answer isn't "oh people die in a bad economy." It's "I'm unwilling to support my fellow americans in a proper way, I'd rather them risk their lives instead of providing some support during difficult times." e.g. "my taxes!". It's a bad faith argument. The economy has been bad before and we never cared about the poor then.