Save The Nation - Feb 2021

In the name of “doing something,” politicians once again seek to abuse the tax code to achieve radical policy agenda items. Last week, it was Sens. Sanders and Wyden seeking a backdoor minimum wage hike when the Senate parliamentarian didn’t give them their way on a $15 federal minimum wage. This go ‘round, progressives are looking to a blanket “financial transaction tax” to supposedly “rein in” Wall Street hedge funds, at the expense of ordinary Americans’ savings and investment.

Last week, Congress finally emerged from weeks of wall-to-wall impeachment hearings to get back to figuring out how to respond to the ongoing pandemic. The much heralded $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package proposed by House Democrats is all but assured to pass via the budget reconciliation process.

While Americans are focused on Sen. Ted Cruz’s vacation, (Mr.) Potato Head and the debate over the COVID-19 relief package proposed by President Joe Biden, Democrats in Congress are attempting to pass an unprecedented, radical piece of legislation which would reshape American election law, destroy privacy protections and undermine election integrity. Unfortunately, this bill, H.R. 1, just passed the House of Representatives last night, and only a single Democrat had the courage to vote against it.