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by Aunche 2234 days ago
There is a growing divide because people can't help but cherry pick anything that fits their narrative. The government is spending hundreds of billions on unemployment, direct stimulus, and keeping people on payroll, but the only thing liberals have to say is that the money isn't enough and coming too slowly. I'm liberal myself and I can see why people feel frustrated, but I can also see why so many conservatives feel like progressives are being entitled.
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Conservatives: we're printing $5300 per capita, $1200 of which goes to working people and $4100 goes to the market/rich and the working people still want more?! Such entitlement!
This is a mischaracterization on that bill; the expansion of unemployment insurance was very significant and isn't included in the $1200 figure.
Please counter figures with figures.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-anatomy-of-the-2-trilli...

Also noteworthy is the corporations mostly get loans, but individuals get free cash. The a lot of the small business loans are really grants, but only if they spend it on payroll, which is another win for the "small guy."