> No, they cratered the middle class while making the rich richer. Isn’t this economic policy, not lockdown policy? Any government could decide to pay laborers

> No, they cratered the middle class while making the rich richer. Isn’t this economic policy, not lockdown policy? Any government could decide to pay laborers 100% of their salary to stay out of work. They could decide “essential workers” would be paid on top of their salary as compensation for the risk and danger. They could deice that corporate profit during a shutdown would go to support laborers. Lockdowns only hurt the middle class and help the rich because the government chooses to force the middle class to stay home while not forcing the rich to stop profiteering off it.