With Christmas over and done with, it was a bountiful season of gifts for politically well-connected industries, courtesy of a Congress willing to give special hand-outs. In 2019, the year-end budget package included provisions for green energy, wealthy hobbyism, auto manufacturing and more. A 2020 resolution should be to write off Congress's addiction to special-interest policy handouts.
The primary culprit in this year's budget deal were "tax extenders" - special tax breaks that are initially passed as temporary but get renewed almost indefinitely.
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