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Our Kind of Holiday

What to Know: President Trump says a payroll tax holiday will be part of the Phase 4 stimulus package.

The TPPF Take: TPPF called for a payroll tax cut last month.

“There are few measures that would more directly benefit American families struggling through the economic turmoil of the COVID-19 outbreak than an immediate payroll tax cut,” says TPPF’s Kevin Roberts. “American workers could see the results in their paychecks almost immediately.”

Real Costs

What to Know: Some are now calling for stay-at-home orders to be extended for as long as a year—or more.

The TPPF Take: Extending stay-at-home orders will have real consequences on the lives of Americans.

“A prolonged shutdown could bring tens of thousands of deaths through spikes in rates of suicide, heart attack, missed cancer diagnoses, domestic violence deaths, substance abuse, and more,” warns TPPF’s Jacki Deason. “We have evidence that these deaths are coming, and the shutdown is only a month old.”

Derailing a Boondoggle

What to Know: A new MIT study found that “city subways and buses were a ‘major disseminator’ of the coronavirus in the Big Apple.” These findings have profound implications for officials in other cities, like Austin, whom are contemplating a massive expansion of their own public transit systems.

The TPPF Take: Before the Coronavirus crisis, Austin’s $10 billion proposal—which included a downtown subway system—was ill-conceived and missed the mark. Today, the city’s proposal not only suffers from those same flaws, but it also might help spread a deadly disease

“In light of these new findings, Austin officials should fully reevaluate every aspect of their $10 billion public transit plan. No proposal should risk either Austinites’ financial stability or personal health. That’s not a direction anyone should be willing to go,” says TPPF’s James Quintero.