Maybe the government benefits by exploiting the opportunity to manufacture a crisis. In return they get to shore up their balance sheets. Remember the first round of stimulus only paid 345 billion to Joe Six-pack while businesses like Trump's rolled over their debt at significantly lower interest rates. The government entities got left out. 2nd round of stimulus only happened because Trump was trying to buy votes. The government entities got left out. Never waste a good crisis Hillary Clinton stole that from years earlier. Round 3 stimulus isn't necessary if we don't have a crisis right? Round 3 is coming now and the cities and states are getting some love. Everything and everyone else is expendable as long as they can fool you into thinking there are bodies piled in the streets. One other little problem. China stopped buying our debt when Trump hit them with tariffs. The fed massively grew their balance sheet when all this went down. Starting to get the bigger picture here?