Bipartisanship cannot be an excuse for bad policy. This is not a bill focused on fixing roads and bridges, this is a down payment on a Washington takeover of America’s economy – expanding federal programs and mandates while spending hard-earned tax dollars with little regard for results.
Category: Economy
As Congress faces the end of the extra COVID unemployment payments, it is essential that they end. As they are both economically and personally destructive. Any attempt to reinstate these payments must be vigorously opposed by people on both sides of the aisle who want to promote both a healthy workforce and healthy American ethos
The U.S. economy added 943,000 jobs in the month of July, with a decline in unemployment to 5.4 percent according to government numbers released today. Competitive Enterprise Institute experts said lawmakers can aid further recovery not by spending or imposing mandates and restrictions but in finding ways to remove barriers to work. CEI Research Fellow Sean Higgins: … Continue reading Govt report shows govt spending killing economic recovery
After half of the states ended unemployment insurance benefits, the unemployment rate fell by more in a single month than it did over the prior five months.
Corporate board rooms, like all organizations, can benefit from a diversity of perspectives, but NASDAQ’s one-size-fits-all quota misses the mark. By defining diversity by race, gender, and sexual orientation, NASDAQ’s mandate will inevitably pressure companies to subordinate crucial factors such as knowledge, experience, and expertise when selecting board members.
The infrastructure bill’s chemical tax would cost Louisiana companies more than one billion dollars, which puts good jobs in danger. The chemical industry supports more than 100,000 jobs in our state, and this tax takes direct aim at those jobs. I urge the Senate to adopt this amendment blocking that tax.
Senator Tester, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi will now turn right around and pass another whopping $3.5 trillion in their reckless tax and spend spree bill filled with tax increases.
Just 32% said the government should strictly control the price of prescription drugs.
Biden unleashed a government-wide green light for restrictive policies on small businesses and directed nearly every federal agency to pursue a destructive regulatory agenda that will deter innovation on Main Street USA.
They want to unleash another reckless taxing and spending spree with zero Republican inputs… oh, but when the bill comes, they say it’s time to split the check!