TAKE TRIBAL POLITICS OUT OF THE SHUTDOWN DEBATE. Think about the guy at the food pantry.

Bureaucrats don't wait in line for charity food. Nobody in politics has been laid off. And businesses that rely on government contracts are fat, like the road builders. Because coronavirus or no coronavirus, the kings of asphalt and concrete are always first in line.

And what of the small-business owner who doesn't build roads? She risked everything to open her business. She went into debt. But there are no customers now, and the landlord wants the rent and the taxman is always waiting.

She doesn't see herself as someone who Just Wants People to Die.

She wants to work. She wants to live.

The debate is over. End the lockdown. Open the economy.