Mitt Romney’s foolish coronavirus stimulus proposal

Published March 17, 2020 1:58pm ET



Apparently, Mitt Romney has been hanging out with Andrew Yang.

At least, that’s what you’d surmise from the Utah Republican’s surprise economic stimulus proposal unveiled in response to the coronavirus crisis. The senator wants the government to give every citizen a one-time cash payment of $1,000. This is intended to boost consumer spending and provide economic stability for those hardest hit by the virus’s ample negative economic impacts, as well as help avoid the general slowdown it has caused from spiraling into an all-out recession.

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