CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress gave President Trump the tools to keep people on payroll in the CARES Act, but he hasn’t fully used them. Instead of standing by while the economy sheds millions of jobs each week during this pandemic, Trump should be working around the clock to keep as many people as possible attached to their jobs. That’s what I would be doing if I were in the Oval Office right now.
I would be doing everything in my power to expand short-time compensation programs for workers. I like to call it ’employment insurance.’ So for example, if a company has to make cutbacks,, instead of laying people off, its employees would remain employed but working reduced hours. The federal government would cover the difference for the duration of the crisis.”
-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Latest Unemployment Filing Numbers,” medium.com, Apr. 23, 2020