Reopen America - April 2020

As we are approaching nearly a full month of Americans living life under a new reality as we fight coronavirus here and around the globe, there is a need now more than ever for individuals to come together to support their neighbors. Thankfully, amidst unsettling and uncertain news stories about what the future may hold with regard to the virus, the economy, and the overall way of life we have come to be accustomed to, there are stories aplenty of exactly the behavior that helps to inspire all of us to #LoveAmerica in our daily lives.

Before the coronavirus substantially shut down America, Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, warned, “The national debt is an issue that lawmakers are doing their best to ignore these days…” MacGuineas continued, “The annual deficit is the worst it has ever been when the economy was this strong. We are on track to borrow another $14 trillion over the next decade, and already, interest payments are the fastest-growing part of the budget.”

FreedomWorks recently announced the launch of the American Freedom Initiative (AFI), a collaboration headed by former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker. This project aims to help relieve injustices committed against Americans under the criminal justice system and the regulatory state. As part of this project, we will shine a spotlight on some of the individuals the AFI has identified under its National Pardon Project as being particularly hard hit by unjustly harsh criminal sentences for non-violent crimes.

FreedomWorks signed a coalition led by Americans for Tax Reform to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in opposition to a proposed "Buy American" mandates on medicines and medical supplies. The letter was released today by Americans for Tax Reform. The text of the letter is below and a PDF can be found here.