Only a few days after Congress passed a massive $2.3 trillion bill, the CARES Act, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, some in Congress are already eyeing a “Phase IV” bill as a vehicle for their pet legislative priorities that have nothing to do with the pandemic. As we learned last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was more than willing to use this crisis to shill for leftist policies, but it’s becoming a bipartisan problem.

On Tuesday at 10:00 am, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing entitled, “The Disappearing Corporate Income Tax.” Of course, the hearing is likely aimed at the corporate tax cut under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which lowered the statutory corporate income tax to 21 percent from 35 percent.

The new Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, signed into law by President Trump on December 20, is the most important retirement legislation in years. It offers critically important tools for retirement readiness.

Earlier this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) appeared on ABC’s The View to talk about his new book, The Case Against Socialism. During the interview, Paul remarked that the “[m]ost people [who earn] below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax.” He added that the top 1 percent of income earners pay 40 percent of income taxes.