Alex Spillis is a political consultant and lobbyist at Floridian Partner’s Miami office. With a degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship, Alex seeks to inform others on how our policy choices of today can impact the world of tomorrow.
Economy
With the United States officially entering into the second month of the longest government shutdown in history, much has been made about partisanship in American politics. While partisanship has long existed in our political system, it has never impacted the United States’ ability to act as a world leader during
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With the United States officially entering into the second month of the longest government shutdown in history, much has been made about partisanship in American politics. While partisanship has long existed in our political system, it has never impacted the United States’ ability to act as a world leader during
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“Bringing manufacturing back to America, creating high wage jobs, was one of our campaign promises and themes” Donald Trump proclaimed to a room full of reporters in early 2017, less than one month after being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Trump’s focus on manufacturing
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Every two years when Americans go to vote, what issues do you believe they are voting on? Immigration has recently become mobilizing factor for both parties, and climate change has as well. But even when considering those two issues, it is clear that Americans wait in line to vote for
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“Look Around the Poker Table; If You Can’t See the Sucker, You’re It” In the year and a half that Donald Trump has served as president, one of his most consistent punching bags (save for Robert Mueller’s investigation) has been US trade relations with China. Almost all
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The Marshall Plan was an American investment in the economy and infrastructure of the war-torn continent of Europe after WWII. Vladimir Putin was born four years after the Marshall Plan ended into the world it created. The goal of this plan was to spread democracy, mutual trust, and trade between
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Abdication (noun): a failure to fulfill a responsibility or duty. How the World Was Won One of the most consequential, yet overlooked achievements of the past 100 years was the successful implementation of the Marshall Plan in the wake of World War II. Not only did the Marshall Plan facilitate
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In the study of migration patterns, scholars often times point to different “push” and “pull” factors that have influenced migration trends over time. Historically, the free market structure of the United States’ economy, combined with its stable democracy has been a very strong “pull” factor that has enticed millions of
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The flowing tide of income inequality has been garnering attention in most every country on earth. Aside from being an “American” issue, income inequality has increased dramatically around the globe over the past 30 years or so. In response, policy makers have proposed a myriad of ideas in order to
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$20,599,336,131,868. As of the time of this writing, that is the current United States national debt. In the time it took me to write that sentence, that number grew by about $100,000. To many people, this number is an abstract figure, that is of no
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Throughout the 2016 election, Donald Trump riled up supporters when he promised to build them a wall. The wall would be towering, it would be strong, and it would keep anybody else from getting in. Almost a year after his inauguration, we can say that this is one of the