by Andrew Moran | Jun 4, 2022 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
The $2.2 trillion CARES Act, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP), and the billions in additional federal, state, and local stimulus and relief spending were promoted as essential expenditures to cushion the blows from the coronavirus pandemic. Be it the...
by Andrew Moran | Jul 3, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
“The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn,” said Louie, a drug dealer in the classic 1955 Otto Preminger picture The Man with the Golden Arm. Uncle Sam has always been a peddler, but...
by Andrew Moran | Mar 14, 2021 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
Before President Joe Biden signed the America Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus and relief package, the U.S. government’s red ink already hit a record high after only five months into the current fiscal year. What will the next seven...
by Mark Angelides | Mar 11, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
When a bill receives zero bipartisan support, it’s not surprising that one side would claim it to be the seed of the Republic’s downfall. Such hyperbole is commonplace on both sides of the aisle and has become par for the course in terms of post-vote messaging....
by Graham J Noble | Mar 6, 2021 | Articles, Politics
After a marathon debate and vote-a-rama, which included a historic 11 hour and 50-minute vote on a minimum wage amendment, the upper chamber on March 6 voted to pass a $1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief bill. Because one GOP senator, Dan Sullivan, had to return to...