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We hear a lot these days about the economic impact of the pandemic. Has this been on your mind? If so, tell us what you're thinking.

I really hate the fact that the president has tried to make the problem more about the economy than the the health of the people. By doing that he has gotten the masks to be a political symbol equating mask wearing with the democratic side of the upcoming election. I heard Trump referred to as the agent of chaos. This seems to fit him to a tee. He can’t rise to any level of competency by guiding the nation financially or medically. The racial issues, partly financial in nature, are even further complicated by Trump’s own bigotry. Again he becomes the agent of chaos. Then there is the fact that the president doesn’t even seem to read his press briefings to see that his cozying up to Putin has gotten him possible bounty to those who can kill American servicemen in the Middle East.... Unfortunately the economic impact will be huge. For good or bad, who knows now, this pandemic may permanently alter some institutions. One is the realm of small business and how it survives or not. The other permanent change may be in the way education is delivered. It should teach us about one major flaw in our economy and that is the huge number of people who live paycheck to paycheck. So many have not even a week to survive without pay, and they bear children into these risky situations. We should not have hungry children whose families rely on free breakfast and lunch programs at school. ...