(Victoria\u00a0Seaman<\/i>) – Joe Biden\u2019s policy platform would cause economic ruin in Nevada.<\/p>\n
Every state in the country is suffering economically from the global coronavirus pandemic, but the Silver State\u2019s reliance on tourism, business conferences, and the other trappings of a healthy, prosperous population make it uniquely vulnerable to this unavoidable economic crisis. Our state\u2019s bureaucracy is\u00a0struggling<\/a>\u00a0to keep pace with the scale of mass unemployment, which is unofficially the\u00a0third-highest<\/a>\u00a0in the country. It\u2019s no secret why. Whether it\u2019s gaming in Reno, conventions in Las Vegas, or retreats at Lake Tahoe, Nevada needs a healthy, confident America to fuel our tourism and conventions economy.<\/p>\n Basement-bound Joe Biden \u2014 oscillating between calling President Trump\u2019s early and forceful response to the virus \u201chysterical xenophobia\u201d and his own\u00a0hysteria<\/a>\u00a0to keep our economy shuttered for as long as possible \u2014 does not inspire confidence in his ability to keep our ship of state on an even keel.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for Nevada, as we restart our economy, we\u2019re going to need a lot better than a \u201csteady as she goes\u201d mentality. We need a national economic boom \u2014 and Donald Trump has a record of delivering exactly the kind of robust national economy we need. He\u2019s already presided over more than three years of sustained economic growth, historically-low unemployment rates, and a level of business and consumer confidence that made people eager to spend cash in Nevada.<\/p>\n The President is already laying the groundwork for a rapid post-pandemic recovery based on the same proven approach that delivered the strong and growing economy we enjoyed before the invisible enemy reached our shores. Just recently, for instance, he signed an executive order starting the process to\u00a0permanently repeal regulations<\/a>\u00a0that have been suspended due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n If Joe Biden were to win in November, not only would we lose a President with a track record of economic success, but our economy would also be placed under a new set of shackles at the worst possible time. For example, Biden has promised that the \u201cfirst thing<\/a>\u201d he would do if elected is repeal the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that President Trump signed into law in 2017. This would represent a crippling tax hike on businesses that are already struggling to stay afloat, as well as individual taxpayers, taking\u00a0$1,400<\/a>\u00a0per year out of the hands of the average Nevadan.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t stop with taxes. Biden\u2019s endorsement of a \u201cGreen New Deal\u201d is taking concrete form now that democratic-socialist Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the co-chair of the Biden Campaign\u2019s climate policy task force. Even if Biden doesn\u2019t spring for the full\u00a0$93 trillion pipedream<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cAOC\u201d introduced in Congress, he has been vehement about his desire to ban fracking, impose crushing regulations on coal production, and institute an economy-wide carbon tax. At a time when Nevada desperately needs nationwide economic growth, Biden would instead orchestrate the\u00a0loss<\/a>\u00a0of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the energy industry, triggering rising fuel prices that would function as an additional tax burden on ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Joe Biden would also undoubtedly reverse President Trump\u2019s recent executive order temporarily suspending all new permanent immigration, which is designed to ensure that American citizens fill all the new jobs created during our impending economic recovery. In place of that sensible policy, we would see Biden offer taxpayer-funded \u201cfree\u201d healthcare to\u00a0illegal immigrants<\/a>, encouraging even more foreign workers to come to our country and compete with Americans for jobs.<\/p>\n The aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic is simply the worst possible time to load Biden\u2019s job-killing policies on the back of an already fragile economy.<\/p>\n We need a leader who understands what it takes to guide the country back to prosperity. That leader is not Joe Biden.<\/p>\n Victoria\u00a0Seaman\u00a0is a wife, mother, businesswoman, Nevada Councilwoman and former Nevada assemblywoman.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Victoria\u00a0Seaman) – Joe Biden\u2019s policy platform would cause economic ruin in Nevada. Every state in the country is suffering economically from the global coronavirus pandemic, but the Silver State\u2019s reliance on tourism, business conferences, and the other trappings of a healthy, prosperous population make it uniquely vulnerable to this unavoidable economic crisis. 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