Editorial: The US economy is sliding into a coronavirus hole. Congress needs to do more to pull it out
The intensifying drumbeat of coronavirus-related restrictions and shutdowns has drawn outrage from some conservatives, who argue that the government is driving the U.S. economy into a ditch and, by overreacting, pushing us unnecessarily into recession. Some even contend that this whole virus thing is a plot by liberals to prevent President Trump from being reelected in November.
Either by willful blindness or ignorance, however, they're ignoring the havoc that the virus itself has already wreaked in
