Budget and Deficit

While originally intended to provide additional upport for families and businesses complying with government-mandated economic restrictions to address COVID-19, the policy of providing supplemental unemployment insurance has stifled our nation's recovery and is keeping Americans from returning to work.

Any new legislation designed to mitigate the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic should contain both relief and stimulus measures, and full business expensing is an excellent candidate for the stimulus part of the package.

Democrats have long criticized President Trumps' economic policies, yet Joe Biden is now plagiarizing some of them—and making them worse. 

In this op/ed written for The Hill, the author offers some key points that could impact the election. 

Americans are the world’s top users of generics, but not of biosimilars. State and local governments should encourage a wider uptake for their own employees as an important start—and a much-needed cost savings. 

The job of economic recovery is critical, and the American people are counting on Congress and the Fed to get it done without a political agenda.

Having already entrusted the Fed with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to buy up corporate debt, Congress must insist that the debt purchases be made for exclusively economic reasons.

Having already entrusted the Fed with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to buy up corporate debt, Congress must insist that the debt purchases be made for exclusively economic reasons.

Democrats see the multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus spending packages as creating their best chance in years to raise taxes.