I don’t really know why Democrats are ‘skittish’ about a waiver of liability. Trial lawyers association? This is something too unwieldy to allow lawsuits... maybe in cases of extreme negligence but otherwise who can control where a virus enters and exit any place, person or thing? Ultimately, everyone who is sued would have to sue China. I’ve seen lawsuits where a person got a rare form of cancer and sued every manufacturer of every product she ever used.
A payroll tax cut is a must if we want to get people back to work. They should simply eliminate it entirely - and I would have said the same thing 20 years ago too.
Getting rid of Social Security and Medicare are not great positions to take, especially in an election year.