Downsizing Blog
The Feds’ Sorry Record on COVID-19
About Andrew Cuomo
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is in hot water. His handling of nursing homes during the pandemic was tragically flawed and his attempted coverup of the blunders has heightened the scandal. The governor has also been accused of sexual harassment by a former aide.
I reported on the governor’s policies in Cato’s fiscal report card. Cuomo received the worst grade of “F” in the 2020 report for his large tax and spending increases.
More Federal Aid to States Not Needed
President Biden and the Democrats are including $350 billion in aid for the states in their $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. But state and local budgets are in decent shape, and finances will continue to improve as the economy recovers. Further state handouts are not needed.
Minimum Wage Effects
President Biden and Labor Unions
President Biden’s Minimum Wage Proposal
Government Spending Could Top $9 Trillion
Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Capitol Police Funding
Will Congress Repeat the Worst Blunder of the First “Stimulus” Bill?
A bipartisan Congressional group is eager to borrow and spend another $900 billion on a new COVID-19 bill. Yet they appear determined to repeat the most wasteful political stunt of the last “stimulus bill.”