{"id":2631,"date":"2020-04-29T16:33:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2020-04-29T16:33:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:33:21","slug":"the-next-stimulus-infrastructure-week-another-rural-broadband-boondoggle-and-maybe-a-sports-bailout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2631","title":{"rendered":"The Next Stimulus: Infrastructure Week, Another Rural Broadband Boondoggle, and Maybe a Sports Bailout?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;Governing requires setting priorities, and that&#8217;s never more important than during a crisis. Members of Congress have a political incentive to spend and spend and spend, but there simply isn&#8217;t enough money to go around\u2014in fact, we passed that point a long time ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I do believe it makes sense for the government to provide support to businesses and families that can&#8217;t make it through this,&#8221; Sen. 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