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Three simple rules for Congress in the new COVID-19 relief bill

By Ryan Ellis
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Three simple rules for Congress in the new COVID-19 relief bill

Congress is usually not very good at basic lessons of economics. In fact, simple arithmetic is usually challenging for most elected officials. But as the debate over the next COVID-19-related bill continues, there are three basic rules of economics Congress should keep in mind.

If you want more of something, subsidize it.

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