Even in the best of times, government bureaucracies are cumbersome and indifferent. Now that they are required to respond to rapidly changing circumstances, when the rules and red tape should be simplified and cut to meet pressing needs?
The $2 trillion stimulus bill is now law. And is so often the case with enormous pieces of legislation cobbled together in response to a crisis, we're going to spend a lot of time figuring out exactly what's inside.
Even as governments propose more restrictions on individuals and businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19, former Trump FDA
Commissioner Dr.
With Congress debating a $1 trillion (or larger) fiscal stimulus measure that includes direct payments to individuals, loans to companies, state and local governments, and much more, the obvious question is: will any of it work?
The federal government's spending problems are well documented. But inside all that spending are tens of billions of dollars in what the Government Accountability Office calls "improper payments."
One item environmentalists hate almost as much as they do the internal combustion engine is the humble plastic bag. They shouldn't be so harsh on those bags, because as John Teirney argues in the Wall Street Journal, they actually help the environment:
The coronavirus outbreak is unleashing something else that's almost as contagious: politicians looking to score partisan points.
