No bailout, no stimulus — give us reparations for government-mandated shutdowns
by Timothy P. Carney
| March 18, 2020 10:39 PM
Bailouts, in general, are neither good nor popular.
The most recent legislation billed as a “stimulus†package was President Barack Obama’s 2009 raft of special interest giveaways and green energy boondoggles.
It’s understandable, then, that a lot of conservatives are very wary of the proposed economic responses to the coronavirus crisis. And the odds are that, whatever Congress passes, it will end up — either because of the statute or the implementation — being filled with immense waste and cronyism.
Justin Amash
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No bank bailouts.
No auto bailouts.
No farm bailouts.
No leisure bailouts.
No bailouts.
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7:36 PM - Mar 15, 2020
In order to steer policymakers away from waste, and in order to help conservatives consider why an economic rescue package might be appropriate, let me suggest a way of thinking of this aside from being a “bailout†or a “stimulus.â€
Congress should pass a reparations package.
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