The GOP Senate should refuse to fund all forms of pandemic unemployment-related relief... after the current programs expire. The President should also inform the PUBLIC that each State may continue funding their citizen's pandemic unemployment relief using State funds. However, the Federal Government will not continue funding these programs. Reassure the people that their State Governor has a plan to put them back to work or will advise them of any further pandemic unemployment relief the State will provide. Federal funding will not be used to promote stay at home policies, where other states have found it acceptable to return to work.
Shift the burden to fund pandemic unemployment to the governors/states... Allow the STATE's to decide what is best for their citizens. The United States of America is a Republic; as such, each State is responsible for the welfare of its citizens. The federal government responds to limited national emergencies only after the States have exhausted their own resources. NATIONAL emergencies are subject to Federal Declaration and management. Pres. Trump should then announce the end to his declaration of a National Emergency, or modify it as necessary to require the several States to return to work or lose all federal aid...
States choosing to remain shut down should no longer receive pandemic unemployment payments... or other federal aid, unless they demonstrate serious progress to return their citizens to work. No State should be permitted to rob the lifeblood of their sister states, to support extravagant and excessive welfare programs. Every State must return to WORK or find internal resources to fund pandemic wage relief for their otherwise employable citizens
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Churches are essential to the moral and mental health of the Nation... let them open, and enforce the 1st Amendment right to exercise one's religion as they see fit... Public health issues can be addressed like fire coeds... reduce the numbers of individuals to 1/2 of the fire code capacity; require 6'-12' separation. Require, gloves, and masks be made available and worn. Replace the choir with solo singers, and double the normal social distancing for singing... Encourage the taking of temps, using no-touch thermometers, as the congregation enters. Send those with symptoms home or if there for prayer ... isolate them in a room for that purpose only and make sure it is properly cleaned before and after services..
If Pres. Trump wants to change the narrative from shut down to reopening... just put the State's on notice that they must accept the burden to keep their economies shutdown... no future Pandemic Payroll Program assistance or funding of the $600 per week payroll assistance for the unemployed. If the State chose to provide such payments let them do so on their own.
Also, end federal hospital and first responder support for those states failing to transition now... and offer Hydroxychloroquinien as a cure. Watch the States suddenly decide that working is better than staying home... social distancing and other measures can be tailored to meet medical standards of safety and people may still work. Cut off all pandemic aid to individuals who refuse to return to work if their employer notifies them to return.