I do believe that the best way for us to get back on solid economic footing is by getting through this pandemic, and that means supporting households, supporting businesses, especially small businesses, supporting our State and local governments.
Rouse advocates for support to households and businesses during the pandemic.
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I strongly believe, however, that diversity cannot be viewed solely along demographic lines.
If we do not, we run the risk of actually finding ourselves in a downward spiral, because the capacity to deal with our debt is not only the amount that we spend but the size of our economy.
With the price of food rising, they will be responding by making additional plantings and trying to take advantage of the increased price signals.
I believe we have to be doing smart investments as we come out of this that have economic returns such as those on investments in infrastructure, R&D, education.
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