Miscellaneous
The gentlemen discuss the $350 billion state and local government aid package in the American Rescue Plan, some of the opposition to the package, and how cities could use the funds to operate municipal grocery stores in food deserts.Links to some of the pieces we discuss:“The Myth of Unnecessary Federal Aid”, Amanda Kass"Ohio attorney general sues Biden administration over $1.9 trillion stimulus", Washington Post"When a deep red town’s only grocery closed, city hall opened its own store. Just don’t call it ‘socialism'", Washington Post"Low-Income and Low-Supermarket-Access Census Tracts", Economic Research Service at USDAPaul Williams is @PEWilliams_ and Mayor Seidel is @MayorSeidel