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by reaperducer 1915 days ago
Fortunately, a lot of them were publicly shamed into giving it back.

Meanwhile, hundreds of billions of dollars went to people making less than $75,000 a year. Seems like a good chunk of the relief went to those most likely to need it.

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The bills passed claim they're for "relief", but if you examine the contents much of the spending doesn't even occur this year.

> Only about 5 percent of that total is funding public health efforts related to the pandemic, according to the nonpartisan number crunchers at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).