As we have seen in the past few relief packages, Democrats in Congress have shown their willingness to use the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext for endless spending. The House’s passage of the HEROES Act was no different.

For weeks, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her ideological allies have laughed off concerns about the consequences of running up trillions of dollars in additional federal debt. Pelosi and others have maintained that anyone who lifts a finger in opposition to the bill hopes to prolong economic suffering. The assertion that another multitrillion-dollar stimulus bill would assist America’s economic recovery is baseless. In reality, the opposite is true.