Reason magazine: on Budget & Economy


Justin Amash: Relief payments should go to people, not corporations

During the coronavirus pandemic, Amash has castigated federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration, first for botching containment efforts and then for asserting monopoly control over testing. He was one of a mere handful of no votes on the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, arguing that all relief payments should go directly to individuals and households rather than corporations, nonprofits, or government agencies.
Source: Reason magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls May 1, 2020

Lincoln Chafee: Dedicated to curbing $22.6 trillion debt

His "anti-war, anti-deficit, strongly protective of civil liberties" message, culminated in him thinking it was a good idea to run for president. "I am enthusiastically absolutely dedicated to not getting us into these quagmires overseas and ending foreign entanglements" and trying to curb the "$22.6 trillion debt." Those are the particular issues he wants to make central to his campaign, both for the nomination and, if he wins it, in the general election.
Source: Reason magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jan 6, 2020

Tom Vilsack: Increased farm subsidies leading to overproduction

Under his leadership at USDA farm subsidies grew to record amounts. Those ballooning farm subsidies encouraged growers to overproduce, which led to needless waste and environmental damage. It also drove down prices paid to farmers. "When he exited the USDA," The Wall Street Journal reported, "the U.S. farm economy was on the skids, with net farm income down 40% from a record high four years earlier because of successive bumper crops that swelled supplies and pushed down prices."
Source: Reason magazine on Biden Cabinet Dec 19, 2020

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