• DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    Just ballparking that there are 250 million non-high-earners, at $2k a pop that’s $500 billion. Two thousand dollars won’t change anyone’s life, but $500bn is a big chunk of the federal budget.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      9 hours ago

      $2k is a whole lot of money, especially if you consider that most people will immediately spend it, so other people will earn it. a dollar goes much further than only one dollar if it moves through many hands.

      also, what do you think is the total cost that tariffs have cost you since january?