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Pre crisis we had <4% unemployment, who is left to build?

The Govt. is required to steer the economic ship to make these things happen:

1) tie state taxes to per/capita testing infrastructure and ppe reserve

2) stress test public health institutes like financial institutes

3) use the military to war game these events



> who is left to build?

The people who are now unemployed


having a low employment % doesn't meant everyone is adequately employed. i.e employed in productive sectors. say you shift 20% of the people who work in restaurants to manufacturing or road work. that's already a 50% improvement in quality of roads and ifra




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