Bernie Sanders Warns Total Economic Collapse Will Be More Expensive Than Paying Workers Reducing Health Care Costs Amid Coronavirus
Sanders, speaking remotely on Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, said American workers laid off or furloughed as a result of the coronavirus lockdown should “continue to receive 100 percent of your paycheck.” The Vermont senator said he and other members of Congress are currently putting together an “unprecedented piece of legislation” to save the U.S. from total economic and social collapse. He agreed with host Bill Maher that President Donald Trump is favoring states whose governors are “nice” to him by sending them more COVID-19 medical supplies....