Thought of the Week: Yesterday, All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away. This week, two seemingly unrelated developments struck me—passage of Georgia’s election law and a letter by 13 Democratic Senators calling on the White House to suspend the Buy American waivers that allow foreign firms to bid on U.S. government contracts. In Georgia’s case, […]
Thought of the Week: Speaking to a congressional staffer early this week, he remarked that with such thin majorities in the House and Senate, Congress could have gone one of two ways—bipartisan or super-partisan. He said it was unfortunate that it has gone super-partisan and that the president has only paid lip service to “unity.”
Thought of the Week: Economists ratchet up U.S. growth forecast as inflation risks mount: Although growth prospects for the U.S. economy are brightening as Americans get vaccinated and Congress passes another fiscal relief package, excessive economic policy stimulus rarely ends well. The recent increase in the U.S. money supply has been unprecedented; over the past
Thought of the Week: Not every Executive Order (EO) aims to cancel Trump: On February 24, following a meeting on the subject with a bipartisan group of legislators, President Biden signed an “Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains.” The EO states that the U.S. needs supply chains that are resilient, secure, and diverse to meet