Reopen America - April 2020

Recently, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden took to the stage in Dunmore, Pennsylvania to outline his plan for economic recovery. While the policies he was peddling were nearly identical to the relatively moderate framework he outlined in 2019, the tone of his announcement was quite different. He wrapped his message in the all too familiar language of the progressive left, calling for an end to “shareholder capitalism,” saying “the idea that the only responsibility a corporation has is to shareholders is an absolute farce.” Does Biden really trust businesses to do anything but be businesses?

As we have seen in the past few relief packages, Democrats in Congress have shown their willingness to use the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext for endless spending. The House’s passage of the HEROES Act was no different.

Wednesday on Capitol Hill felt a little like an episode of “Super Friends.” The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust held a hearing on the market power of tech companies and featured an all-star panel of witnesses. Testifying before the subcommittee were Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

In a recent coalition letter to “decision makers,” 150 health experts call for a second lockdown.