Jobs Of Many Working Class People Are Deemed Essential - The People Themselves Are Not

The entertaining version of U.S. military aircraft named the Thunderbirds stormed across the sky to delight residents across the Austin area to celebrate and honor workers on the frontline. The enthralling display of military air power and prestige by the Thunderbirds has been crossing America recently. “Some people think it's not a good use of money right now, but they’d be paying those pilots right now anyway,” commented Ann Arbor radio talk show host Mark Moran. “Would you rather have them flying in a war zone killing people?”

Government authorities required workers at groceries, food producers, health care facilities to go to work, but public officials didn’t require their employers to make sure they got the protective gear the workers needed. “These jobs are essential,” stated Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. “Well the people are too, as long as they’re working.”

“We need someone to handle those jobs so the rest of us can survive and go on with our lives. We appreciate them so much,” Whitmer commented. The Michigan governor, who has favored strong restrictions against other people going back to work, observed “And when they can’t work those jobs then we’ll get someone else to do the job. Because the job is essential.”

Governors in states like Texas and Georgia have opened up more sectors of the economy. “If people are going back to work we need the daycare centers open and operating,” stated Texas Governor Gregg Abbot. Restaurants and bars also slowly opened at reduced capacity. “If they don’t go to work then they get fired and unemployment gets cut off,” stated Abbot, a Republican Trump supporter. 

“We can’t just keep giving checks to people to stay home and make more money than they would working,” commented Belinda Sotunder, radio co-host with Mark Moran in the Michigan capital city. “If you don’t want to get stuck working in the public and putting your health at risk then you should get more skills and get a new job, like I did,” suggested Sotunder who's been able to work from home or in limited contact at the radio station. 

College student and fast food worker Sammy Cronkle is glad not to be considered essential to the economy and took the opportunity to stop working by killing himself. “I always knew I didn’t matter. When every public official and media commentator keeps saying it over and over I guess it’s really true,” Cronkle said in his suicide note. 

Sammy's roommate discovered him about an hour after his heroin overdose. "They postponed the flyover of the Thunderbirds so I was outside longer than usual," bemoaned Susan Jolley. "Everybody was so excited about seeing the Thunderbirds and celebrating all our essential workers."