In plagues past and pandemic present, the wealthy exude the same contempt for those without wealth.

Earlier this week, in his daily coronavirus briefing, President Trump shared that some of his business friends had been advising him to “don’t do anything, just ride it out and think of it as the flu.”

America’s corporate chiefs — and their cheerleaders — haven’t just been whispering that advice into the president’s ear. They’ve been loudly proclaiming their distaste for the corona economic shutdown for some time now.

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