If America is going to survive the coronavirus, the GOP is going to have to give up on a 40-year crusade

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Even the midst of a global pandemic when millions of Americans are losing their jobs every week, the GOP is writing rescue bills to reflect their view that government should only help the "deserving." Who deserves help? Business. Who does not? Working people, poor people, other institutions. Right now Washington is fighting over whether or not a bill sending financial help to small businesses should also send help to hospitals and state governments fighting coronavi...