I understand, but then wouldn't you reach 5x more people if you handed out $1000 instead? I'm not against the idea, I'm wondering where the $5k is coming from.

I understand, but then wouldn't you reach 5x more people if you handed out $1000 instead? I'm not against the idea, I'm wondering where the $5k is coming from. It just seems arbitrary and not very much without a proper justification.