Why Martha McSally wants the government to pay for your next vacation

Professor of Economics Dennis Hoffman says the $4,000 tax credit proposed this week by Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., won’t persuade those who feel unsafe to travel. But given the measure’s extended time frame through Jan. 1, 2022, he sees merit in the concept.

Professor of Economics Dennis Hoffman says the $4,000 tax credit proposed this week by Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., won’t persuade those who feel unsafe to travel. But given the measure’s extended time frame through Jan. 1, 2022, he sees merit in the concept.

In this story published June 25, 2020, in The Arizona Republic:

Anything that can be done at the state level, at the federal level, to encourage people, when they feel comfortable to travel and to enjoy the sites, especially what a state like Arizona has to offer, I think it should be considered as part of any federal aid package.

– Professor of Economics Dennis Hoffman, who's the director of the L. Seidman Research Institute