With the White House moving to reopen the economy as early as May 1, top officials have yet to coalesce around a single plan
to allow Americans and businesses to safely resume work as the coronavirus pandemic rages on.
Like the majority of policy decisions within this White House, the nascent moves to restart the economy have been plagued by different factions of staffers vying for power — or simply not communicating with one another. Some officials are looking at data from states to make their recommendations, while economic officials are weighing moves to change tax policy to boost growth once again.
“In the absence of that road map, there will be a lot of political criticism,” the same Republican added. Amid this decision-making, the White House is also facing the challenge of ensuring that relief funds from the $2 trillion economic stimulus package make it to small businesses as the unemployment rate keeps rising and the energy sector remains volatile.
Dr. Tony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said last week that the benchmarks might not be consistent across the country, since each area faces different challenges.
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