Plus: Biden’s Tax-and-Spend ‘Infrastructure’ Plan Would Slow Economy, Deepen Swamp
April 1 2021
Good morning from Washington, where The Daily Signal gives it to you straight even on April Fools’ Day. Americans would be foolish to go along with President Biden’s $2 trillion “infrastructure” plan, David Ditch writes. Is America going to be resegregated by race? Jarrett Stepman has serious concerns. On the podcast, the owner of a Texas hair salon describes going to jail for operating during the pandemic. Plus: a tax on your mileage; the abortion industry’s pressure tactics; and a New York congresswoman talks Cuomo. On this date in 1945, 50,000 U.S. troops land on Okinawa, beginning a fierce, three-month battle for the Japanese island.
"I decided, you know what? We are essential. It's not about a haircut. It's about people's livelihoods and being able to feed their kids," says Shelley Luther.
A mileage tax would almost certainly be layered on top of the gas tax, meaning a tax increase for the vast majority of families. It could also require installing a GPS tracker on all vehicles.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign over his administration’s cover-up of reporting of thousands of COVID-19 deaths in the state’s nursing homes.
The doctor said it could cost over a million dollars to keep a sick or premature baby in the hospital for three months. When this argument failed, he dismissively asked if she were religious.
“It’s not possible to know a person’s gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth,” CNN reporter Devan Cole writes, without attribution.
