The Federalist Daily Briefing for 04/17/2020

 Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray   04/17/2020 [The Restaurant Industry Is Doing Far Worse Than You Might Think]( Christopher Bedford 'When we're talking about 11 million direct jobs in restaurants, we're also talking about tens of millions more connected businesses.' [We Are Making American Kids Pay For Coronavirus Shutdowns, And That’s Unfair]( Joy Pullmann Our nation's leaders are demanding that American children pay for this crisis through debt-financed spending, while depriving them of the education they need to make that even remotely possible. [To Get To Life After Lockdown, We All Need To Be More Responsible]( Nathanael Blake It is untenable to lock down much of the country until a proven-safe vaccine is available in a year or more. Thus, we need to adapt and prepare for life in the time of coronavirus. [How Democrats Would Make Hospitals’ Corona Cash Crunch Worse]( Christopher Jacobs The types of financial shocks hospitals currently face illustrate the problems inherent in Democrats’ proposed expansions of government-run health care. [Pandemic Panic Has Magnified The Worst Impulses Of The Power-Hungry Elite]( Stella Morabito This pandemic has exposed the motives of our self-appointed betters in D.C. and the media, pushing anti-American policies to give themselves more power. [Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful If Coronavirus Brought Back Dressy Clothes?]( Katya Sedgwick The wardrobe of an average American woman is endless, but mostly consisting of what is essentially inside clothes, only she wears them everywhere. [Letter To Fed: Shareholders Should Drive Investing, Not Social Justice Warriors]( Ben Weingarten Progressives have sought to impose their views on Americans through corporate America. Thanks to COVID-19, now conservatives are working to push politics out of boardrooms. [What It’s Like To Live In Sao Paulo, The South American Coronavirus Epicenter]( Emma Freire Some fellow American expatriates have decided to return home. But I’m staying. I believe my odds of survival in Sao Paulo are as good as anywhere else in the world. [Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Platform Is Woefully Inadequate To Today’s Needs]( Sumantra Maitra Foreign policy is Biden's worst platform, and it would be negligence not to question him on the challenges of the future, for which, according to his own words, he seems woefully ill-prepared. [Prisons And Jails Could Be Hotbeds For Coronavirus Outbreaks. Let’s Fix That]( Molly Davis It’s essential that federal and state governments work to keep people out of jail, and take measures to protect vulnerable incarcerated populations.  SIGN UP FOR A [FREE TRIAL]( HERE. The Transom is a daily email newsletter written by publisher of The Federalist Ben Domenech for political and media insiders, which arrives in your inbox each morning, collecting news, notes, and thoughts from around the web. "You must read The Transom. With brilliant political analysis and insight into the news that matters most, it is essential to understanding this incredible moment in history. I read it every day!" - Newt Gingrich      mailto:info@thefederalist.com Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( The Federalist, 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE, #247, Washington, DC 20003, United States