Wednesday, July 29, 2020

New Hampshire U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin has asked Senator Mitch McConnell to support renewal of the full $600 Coronavirus unemployment benefit. Andy says in the long run federal and state governments will save more money by avoiding the social pathologies of unemployment than they will by reducing the benefit



Republican U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin has asked Senator Mitch McConnell to renew the full emergency unemployment benefit. “If Republicans diddle around with 20-30 million people who have lost jobs through no fault of their own, the Republican Party will be decimated in November,” Andy says. “But good politics is also good government. The social costs of cutting off assistance to innocent victims of Chinese Communist treachery will dilute the rest of the GOP message from now to November. I still remember the trauma my brother and I felt when we were little boys and our mom lost her job. We were dependent on her unemployment check. We worried constantly about enough food, money for rent, gasoline. The injury of Coronavirus job losses is emotional and familial as well as financial. Under normal conditions I would be against expanding the deficit and national debt. But in an emergency, you take care of the American people first. Like, ‘America First.’ Are you listening President Trump? Do you want to be reelected?”

ANDY MARTIN /2020         
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July 24, 2020

Sen. Mitch McConnell
U. S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Mitch:

I am writing to you from the front lines of the battle to save America and save President Trump. I urge you to renew the $600 Covid unemployment benefit. That program has saved our New Hampshire economy.

Republicans nationally can’t brag about an economic recovery, while cutting themselves off by canceling the benefit that caused the upturn.

I know there has been controversy over whether some people did not go back to work. Reality check: there are always some people who will abuse a government program. In NH, full indoor dining has not recovered; many shops are still closed. Across the nation indoor dining has been blocked. Government has usurped the authority of small business owners by ordering a “greater good” closure of their establishments. In my book, that’s a “taking” under the Constitution. So, don’t be cheap with the “giving.”

The reason the special payments are a boon to citizens is that they create massive spending velocity. I am opposed to a “state aid” relief bill. Guess what? The Covid benefit benefits states and localities through the back door. Everyone benefits. The money is distributed; then it moves at “warp speed” to landlords, who pay taxes to local governments. That’s indirect state aid. The money also goes to utilities, grocery stores and other institutions that have maintained the spending that gave us the good economic news last month. If the economy recovers, the benefits become taxable! It’s a win-win situation.

Right now, the virus is challenging us again. Spending is slowing. If you cut the Covid benefit, I suspect you can kiss the senate majority away. People who are being evicted will tear at the heartstrings of the nation, and motivate people to vote against the president and GOP senate candidates.

I am a balanced budget guy and if I come to Washington, I will vote for spending restraint. But not now. We are in a national emergency that was caused by China. The government-ordered shutdowns of major parts of the economy disrupted tens of millions of Americans. How can leaders complain when the generous benefits they approved limited the stress of economic losses?

Do you know how much stress will be triggered if the benefits are ended? A lot. It’s a losing approach. Society will not recoup the unemployment money in savings because there will be other societal breakdowns that cost more, not less, than continuing the generous benefits in this desperate time .

Here's a tactic for you: stick it to the Democrats. Pass a simple bill which only renews the Covid unemployment benefit. Nothing else in the bill. It will be very popular with all Americans. The president will be a winner and the D’s will be stumped. It’s good politics.

Good luck.

Sincerely,

Andy

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He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law and is a former adjunct professor of law at the City University of New York (LaGuardia CC, Bronx CC).

He is the author of “Obama: The Man Behind the Mask” [www.OrangeStatePress.com] and produced the Internet film “Obama: The Hawaii’ Years” [www.BoycottHawaii.com]. Andy is the Executive Editor and publisher of the “Internet Powerhouse,” blogging at www.contrariancommentary.wordpress.com and www.ContrarianCommentary.com.

Andy’s family immigrated to Manchester, New Hampshire over 100 years ago; today his home overlooks the Merrimack River and he lives around the corner from where he played as a small boy. He is New Hampshire’s leading corruption fighter and Republican Party reformer.

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