The supposed 'freedom' to work is a cruel joke when people are forced to choose between putting food on the table and risking their lives.
Meanwhile, states are denying benefits to anyone whose company has called them back.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on May 15 in Washington, D.C.Finally, Trump and his enablers argue that reopening is a matter of"freedom." He has called on citizens to"liberate" their states from public-health restrictions, and Fox News personalities have decried what they call denials of"basic freedoms.
Armed protesters have stormed the Michigan state capitol demanding the"freedom" to work. At the Kentucky statehouse, protestersBut the supposed"freedom" to work is a cruel joke when people are forced to choose between putting food on the table and risking their lives.
In truth, there is no good reason to reopen when the pandemic is still raging—not getting the economy moving again, or workers clamoring to return to work, or the cost of extended income support, or because workers should be"free" to endanger themselves. Let's be clear. The pressure to reopen the economy is coming from businesses that want to return to profitability, and from Trump, who wants to run for re-election in an economy that appears to be recovering.Robert B. Reich is an American political commentator, professor and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
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