Political extremists on both sides; fiddling while the nation burns.

This is so frustrating.

We have extremists on the right denying that there is a real crisis posed by the corona virus. They are actively opposing efforts to enforce social distancing and to respond to medical needs.

We have extremists on the left denying the economic disaster caused by these measures. They are actively opposing efforts to help keep critical corporations solvent and save millions of jobs.

Here we are, in the middle of one of the worst crises in my lifetime. The political partisans huddle up into their normal corners and continue to throw mud at each other.

Is there any hope for us?

There is no question that the airlines are going to need a bailout. The facts are.

1) They have been hit hard by this crisis.
2) They are only marginally profitable in good times (in spite of customer complaints).
3) They are a critical piece of the infrastructure upon which our economic depends.
4) They employ half a million America workers.

I haven't heard any good arguments against the relevant points. What we hear instead are variants of the following.

- Corporations are evil (irrelevant even if true)
- Airlines don't give me enough seat room (or any other similar reason airlines don't deserve a bailout... which is also irrelevant).
- Only a Trump supporter would say that (because like to see everything as one of two extremes).