Danish government is paying 75% of worker salaries to avoid layoffs. (1) Equivalent of US gov spending $2.5 trillion (2) Danes have budget surplus (3) 10 parties in Parliament, across whole political spectrum, decided this in days with 100% consensus.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/denmark-freezing-its-economy-should-us/608533/ …
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Germans have similar plan, "Kurzarbeit", though they only play for workers who are working. Danes will pay for people who can't work so they're not laid off (time to re-hire slows down eventual recovery).https://thehill.com/opinion/international/488484-a-german-import-to-fight-the-economic-impact-of-the-coronavirus …
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