Reopen America - April 2020

Welcome to FreedomWorks Foundation’s seventh regulatory review of 2020! Our Regulatory Action Center proudly updates you with the latest regulatory actions from the swamp. This week, we bring you a special coronavirus edition, highlighting some of the government regulations that have been repealed to fight the pandemic. Check back next week for the next edition.

America and the world are going through two crises – the coronavirus and a precipitous economic decline. The federal government has reacted with social distancing rules and enormous amounts of money. Simultaneously, there is a third threat to America that could radically reduce our freedom and how we are governed in America. There is an enormous movement to allow vote by mail, which at first glance appears innocuous, but when you look at its history is very dangerous. The danger of vote by mail is the creation of “ballot harvesting,” which is rapidly increasing throughout America, especially where there are no laws stopping harvesting.

Very many people reacted with confusion when teen climate activist, Greta Thunberg, was named to a CNN expert panel on coronavirus. Greta has never claimed to be an expert on epidemiology or virology. Neither, for that matter, is she an expert on any political topic as she is still a teenager. Her claim to fame is lecturing the world on the supposed inadequacy of its response to climate change. It’s subtle, but this is why it should come as a surprise to no one that the corporate press is once again dragging Greta to the limelight to talk about this pandemic.

For decades, our nation has been over-incarcerating individuals who run afoul of the law in a number of different ways. Oftentimes, the things that individuals run afoul of and are incarcerated for should either not be criminal laws at all, or should not be punished criminally to the degree that they are.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and senators and ask them to cosponsor the Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act, H.R. 6802 and S. 3296. Introduced by Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) and Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), the ALIGN Act would make a key pro-growth feature of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 permanent.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to support the Getting Americans Back to Work Act, H.R. 6805. Introduced by Reps. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.), the Getting Americans Back to Work Act would fix a glaring error in the CARES Act that could create a shortage of workers as states begin to reopen their economies.