No bailout, no stimulus — give us reparations for government-mandated shutdowns

Posted on AllSides March 18th, 2020
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OPINION

Bailouts, in general, are neither good nor popular.

The most recent legislation billed as a “stimulus” package was President Barack Obama’s 2009 raft of special interest giveaways and green energy boondoggles.

It’s understandable, then, that a lot of conservatives are very wary of the proposed economic responses to the coronavirus crisis. And the odds are that, whatever Congress passes, it will end up — either because of the statute or the implementation — being filled with immense waste and cronyism.

In order to steer policymakers away from waste, and in...

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