re: Massive layoffs and pay cuts likely coming to state and local governments

The economic fallout will certainly hit government. Locally our county spent $2.5 million in payroll the (Monroe County, FL) the first 6 weeks paying people hazard pay to work from home. They pay every employee time and one half when they work during a time of declared emergency. They ended it last week but they spent $2.5 before they figured it out. The city of Key West acknowledges they may at some point need to furlough staff but they haven’t yet, and I doubt they will until every other option has been explored.