Examples abound, including carbon taxes to combat climate change and broadening the tax base by closing loopholes. But the seemingly interminable delay in getting another coronavirus relief package through Congress is different—and weird. Providing more relief to a struggling populace is sound economic policy, not to mention essential on humanitarian grounds. These are largely the same senators who voted enthusiastically to cut taxes in December 2017, when the economy did not need stimulus. But Heroes was just an opening bid, which House Democrats never expected Senate Republicans to embrace.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 14, 2020 15:33 UTC