No one asked Mark Sanford, but he thinks the coronavirus relief bill is a bad idea
Like a growing contingent in the Lowcountry, Mark Sanford is unemployed.
After ending his quixotic Republican challenge to President Donald Trump, Sanford retreated to what he calls "the Farm," family property at Coosaw Plantation an hour south of Charleston. Describing himself as "random ex-governor trying to figure out what he’s going to do next," Sanford has mostly kept to himself during the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the state and nation
But the former governor and unapologetic libertarian still has thoughts — a lot of them — on the federal government's ever-growing debt, especially with the recently approved $2.2 trillion aid and stimulus package.
Those $1,200 checks for taxpayers are "nonsensical and dangerous in economic terms," in Sanford's estimation.
"These are non-offset funds, which means we are going straight to the Chinese and other lenders around the world or to ourselves and borrowing the money," he said. "You’re putting in the one pocket and taking out the other … We’re digging some mighty, mighty holes."
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