Was the Pandemic Really a Good Thing for Some (Financially Speaking)?

It’s hard to think that there is a bright spot when you look at the death and destruction that the pandemic brought to so many.  But if we step back, let’s see if there has been a silver lining for some.

We can’t forget the backdrop of the pandemic.  We were petrified as we went into 2020, as people got sick and businesses started to shutter. We had no defenses from the disease or from losing our loved ones and livelihoods. Unemployment surged to levels not since the Depression. But help was on the way. The government poured trillions of dollars into the