I'd rather see the government become employer of last resort, than investor of last resort. With some kind of 30 hrs of work and 10 hrs of skills/education training. And a couple hours week of mental health/addiction services optionally. With some kind of medical and other benefits.

Whoa there with the false equivalency. Helicopter money would be more helpful than propping up the wealth of the top wealth brackets using price floors through broad scale asset purchases. Literally give away hundreds of billions of dollars to citizens who will spend it right this minute. Have the government be economic demand of last resort to steady the ship until people can actually move about again. There will be no inflation to speak of due to how GDP has plummeted over the last few weeks.

Monetary velocity > asset price protection. The stock market isn’t the economy, people producing, consuming, and exchanging fiat in the process are.

I find it funny that while I am actual economist, whenever I comment on my actual area of expertise, I get voted down. Random topics where I know nothing, I get upvoted. Actual expertise, voted down.